A fascinating and unusual dive into stories big and small from the history of medicine.

Medicine has made tremendous advances since the end of the 19th century, but our ancestors already knew how to treat themselves using magic, strange remedies, and folk beliefs. From Mesopotamian exorcists to modern researchers, Raphaël Camus humorously retraces medicine's colorful history. Caesarean sections, plague costumes, apothecary accounts, bloodletting, and confined cooks: this lively book skillfully demystifies all these surprising anecdotes.