Wild Medicine. Shocking Surgeries and Facts from the History of Medicine

- Did the Great London Fire really help combat the plague?
- Why was arsenic so widely used in medicine?
- Why did ancient Egyptians apply moldy bread to wounds?
- Does chocolate cause pimples and how long does it take to digest chewing gum?
Medicine is not just scientific theories, healing practices, and major discoveries; it is part of a vast human life that has its own peculiarities, myths, and misconceptions.
This book collects the most peculiar yet real facts about the medical knowledge of ancient times, hypotheses and experiments of past doctors, about medicines and procedures that took place in the history of medicine. However, the author did not limit himself to stories from the past and included specific questions that arouse curiosity even in modern people: for example, what causes warts, do people go insane during a full moon, and what percentage of our brain do we use.