Worried about catching the plague? A shaved chicken strapped to your armpit might do the trick. Nasty wound? Toss a few maggots on and it will heal in a snap!
It's been a long road to today's world of advanced medicine and state-of-the-art surgeries. Dive into the bizarre history of our fight against disease and injury - from the ingenious to the silly and the downright disgusting - in this richly illustrated guide that is as hilarious as it is informative!
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Jamie Rhodes is a London based writer working in screen, prose, and comics. He studied Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he focused on Heideggarian studies and Phenomenology. He later trained as a script reader and co-founded the filmmaking collective, Donkey Stone Films, in Nottingham. Jamie has been supported by: EM Media, IdeasTap, A
More about Jamie RhodesKatja Spitzer was born 1979 in a small town in Eastern Germany. Having completed an undergraduate degree in art history and history, Katja moved on to study illustration and graphic design in the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig. Today she works as a freelance illustrator in Berlin. Along with How Many Legs?, this is her first children's book.
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