Books with title Medicine

Most of U.S. take medicine to cure our stomach ailments, but poop is also a cure. Poop is a waste product that doctors can put to good use. This volume explores the healing properties of poop, focusing chiefly on fecal transplants. It will discuss the donation, collection, preparation and transplantation of poop, as well as the history of using human and animal waste to restore or enhance health and beauty. Young readers will engage with this high-interest material featuring photographic illustrations and fun fact boxes.

There have been extraordinary changes in medicine since the start of the 20th Century. Diseases that were killers in 1900, such as polio, have been almost wiped out. Hundreds of new drugs have been developed. This book shows how today’s extraordinary surgical techniques, such as heart transplants, would have been unthinkable for a doctor a hundred years ago. And, unlike 1900, people in many countries today can see a doctor or other healthcare worker when they need to, often for free.

“Modern Medicine” is the story about a little boy named Rashad who has to have his tonsils removed. He is afraid because he has never been to the hospital before, so he does not know what to expect. He is reassured by a loving and caring friend who he calls Gramma Daisy. Understanding his fears, Gramma Daisy encourages him to gain the courage he will need for the visit. While at the hospital Rashad experiences the gentle care of the hospital staff and becomes amazed at the wonders of modern medical equipment.

Paperback. Pub Date :2004-07-19 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK Beautiful reissue of Louise Erdrich's most famous novel. from one of the most celebrated American writers of her generation and winner of the National Book Award 2012.Set on and around a North Dakota reservation. 'Love Medicine' tells the story of the Lamartines and the Kashpaws - two extraordinary families whose fates are united and sustained in a harsh world by the strength and diversity of their love.We meet the sensual Lulu Lamartine . whose children have different fathers. but whose passionate tie to her first love. Nector Kashpaw. intensifies over the years; June Kashpaw. who froze to death in a snowstorm; and the philosophical Lipsha Morrissey. Junes abandoned son. who makes a love medicine to keep his grandparents together.Greeted with great critical acclaim when first published ...

Crow Medicine opens under the impending threat of West Nile virus. Jane's favourite animals at the Urban Wildlife Rescue Centre (UWRC) are the juvenile crows, mischievous tricksters with blue-black feathers and an appetite for all that sparkles. But the inexplicable deaths of crows in the city, public fear and media frenzy culminate with the UWRC's policy to euthanize all crows admitted in order to protect staff and volunteers from the deadly disease. Torn between her love for the crows and her loyalty to the Centre, Jane sets out on a quest to bring a controversial vaccine back over the Rocky Mountains-in time, she hopes, to save the birds. Crow Medicine features natural history, facts about the West Nile virus and Native mythology within the context of an action-packed adventure.

The summer before Troy Stotts turns seventeen, his mother dies. Troy and his father barely speak, mostly communicating instead by writing notes on a legal pad by the phone. Troy spends most of his time with his closest friends: Tom Buller, brash and fearless, the son of a drunk; Gabe Benavidez, smart enough to know he’ll never take over the family ranch; and Gabe’s sister Luz, whose family overprotects her, and who Troy has loved since they were children.Troy and his friends don’t want trouble. They want this to be the summer of what Troy calls “ghost medicine,” when time seems to stop, so they won’t have to face the past, or the future. But before the summer is over, their paths will cross with people in dangerous and fateful ways. Troy and his friends want to be invisible. Instead, they will become what they least expect–brothers, lovers, heroes, and ghosts.

Dalley offers us an intimate account of the streetlife and nightlife of Paris from the misadventures of an unrepentant Zen monk. Dodging landlords, lovers, and estranged family ties, the protagonist is continually brought back to earth by the demands of a young daughter, and the premature illness and death of his Zen master. The dynamo of Horse Medicine's language pulls one into the pages, and makes it a difficult item to put down.