文档介绍：STRANGE MEDICINE
STRANGE
MEDICINE
A Shocking History of
Real Medical Practices Through the
Ages
Nathan Belofsky
A PERIGEE BOOK
A PERIGEE BOOK
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Belofsky, Nathan.
Strange medicine : a shocking history of real medical practices through
the ages/
Nathan Belofsky.
pages cm
“A Perigee Book.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-1-101-62458-6
1. Medicine—History. 2. Traditional medicine—History. I. Title.
2013
—dc23 2013007162
First edition: July 2013
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