Kay's Marvellous Medicine: Adam Kay

The brand-new, hilarious book from bestselling, record-breaking author Adam Kay.

The olden days were pretty fun if you liked wearing chainmail or chopping people`s heads off but there was one Tiny Little problem back then . . . doctors didn`t have the slightest clue about how our bodies worked.

It`s time to find out why Ancient Egyptians thought the brain was just a useless load of old stuffing that might as well be chucked in the bin, why teachers forced their pupils to smoke cigarettes, why hairdressers would cut off their customers` legs, and why people used to get paid for farting. (Unfortunately that`s no longer a thing - sorry.)

You`ll get answers to questions like:
Why did patients gargle with wee?
How did a doctor save people`s lives using a washing machine, a can of beans and some old sausages?
What was the great stink? (No, it`s not what doctors call your bum.)

If you`re sure you`re ready, then pop a peg on your nose (there was a lot of stinky pus back then), pull on your wellies (there was a lot of poo there too), wash your hands (because they certainly didn`t) and explore this gross and gruesome history of the human body!