A Sick History of Medicine
A Warts-and-All Book Full of Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries

4 Stars ✨ Thank you MacMillan Audio and Netgalley for an advanced audio copy of A Sick History of Medicine, in return for an honest review. Audio Narration 🎧 5/5 ✨ Reader beware!! This is definitely a “GROSS” History of Medicine. Written by a doctor, you can tell that it was fully researched. The narr......more

3.5 stars. I got an audio copy of A Sick History of Medicine through netgalley. It's a fun introduction to the weird and gross side of the history of medicine, offering a ton of fun facts about different aspects of that history. I've enjoyed Tim Campbell's narration in the past, and he was a good fit......more

First - Please note that while I personally received the Audiobook, my rating is specific to the content itself, the print version. Certainly pretty gross, this will catch - and keep - children's attention (if they're into that stuff). Thankfully it was never too gross. The way it's written will also......more

A Sick History of Medicine will teach you all kinds of fascinating, strange, and sometimes gross things about medicine from ages long past to now. With jaunty jazz playing in the background, we learn how doctors used the heads of ants and beetles during surgery, what weird things medicines from an ap......more

As someone deeply interested in the intersections of history, science, and societal change, A Sick History of Medicine by Jelena Poleksic was an absolutely riveting read. Having had the opportunity to listen to this as an Advanced Reader Copy through NetGalley, I found myself fascinated by the dark......more