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Table of contents: A hole in the head -- Road-dust and writing -- Egypt's Sunus -- Healing the Greeks -- Oriental wisdom -- Flesh of vipers -- Bleeding and leeches -- Deadly disease -- An apple a day -- Battlefield breakthroughs -- Scabs that healed -- Quack, quack -- Germ warfare -- Speedy surgery -- Killing pain -- Vitamins and veggies -- Bad water, good water -- Magical mould -- Mad or bad? -- Shocking discoveries -- Back to the age of ignorance. Includes glossary and index