You Wouldn't Want to Be Ill in Tudor Times! by Kathryn Senior

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You Wouldn't Want to Be Ill in Tudor Times! by Kathryn Senior

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Part of You Wouldn't Want To Be series

Summary

Step into the foul-smelling streets of 16th-century London and discover why you really wouldn't want to be ill in Tudor times. Told through the eyes of Nicholas Knight, a barber-surgeon's apprentice, this lively second-person narrative plunges readers into a world of bloodletting, leeches and alarming diagnoses.

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You Wouldn't Want to Be Ill in Tudor Times! by Kathryn Senior

Discover what it was like to be a barber surgeon in the sixteenth century and why it was a terrible time for people to be sick. Sharpen your saw before amputating an infected leg, learn how to make false noses and ears for patients injured on the battlefield and don't treat victims of the plague without your special mask!

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Kathryn Senior is a former biomedical research scientist who studied microbiology at Cambridge University. After working in research, she moved into children's publishing as a science editor and has since built a long career as a full-time science writer. Her expertise brings clarity and authority to complex medical and historical topics.
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ISBN 13 9781909645295
ISBN 10 190964529X
Title You Wouldn't Want to Be Ill in Tudor Times!
Author Kathryn Senior
Series You Wouldn't Want To Be
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bonnier Books Ltd
Year published 2014-01-01
Number of pages 32
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