Did you know….?

Sometimes, that question can irritate you a lot. No, you didn’t know - but though you’re really, absolutely not a dummy, you might feel like one for a minute. You might not know certain things, but you can learn them by reading these three great books…

Aspiring young scientists, doctors, and nurses are going to love what they find in “Dead Ends! Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels” by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal (Bloomsbury, $19.99).

Not really so long ago, physicians thought that potions and poultices were dandy cures for pretty much whatever ailed a person. They drained blood to fix an illness, people ate whatever they liked without a care, alcohol was used to heal wounds (which actually worked sometimes), and early dentists thought “tooth w

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