Designed a bit like a guessing game, this fun look at the history of medicine is organized by ailment.  For each malady, it presents several remedies used throughout history, asking the reader to guess which if any had any actual benefit to the patients.  In the subsequent pages it addresses each remedy in turn, describing in more detail how and when and where it was applied, and sometimes why, answering the question as to its efficacy.  It’s a fun way to look at how far we’ve come, and to make the prospect of a trip to a modern doctor much more palatable, even if we are likely to face getting a shot. I think kids will be intrigued.