Bat Spit, Maggots, and Other Amazing Medical Wonders

By Kristi Lew

Doctors use medicine and surgeries to heal our bodies. But who would have thought they could use maggots to eat dead flesh or snake venom to lower blood pressure? Grab some gloves, and get ready to see some amazing medical practices put to use.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Jul 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781663983480

Kristi Lew

Kristi Lew is the author of more than thirty science books for teachers and young people. Fascinated with science from a young age, she studied biochemistry and genetics in college. Before she started writing full-time, she worked in genetics laboratories for more than 10 years and taught high-school science. When she’s not writing, she enjoys sailing with her husband aboard their small sailboat, Proton. She writes, lives, and sails in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida. You can reach Kristi and her two furry, feline office mates at [e-mail]. As soon as she gets back from the beach, she’ll write you back.

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Nasty (but Useful!) Science: Bat Spit, Maggots, and Other Amazing Medical Wonders by Kristi Lew

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Amazing Medicine

Bloodsucking Buddies

Bat Spit

Flesh-Eaters

Bee Barf

Vital Venom

Feels Like Chicken

Poop Transplant

Banking on Blood

Gross but Good

Glossary

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AMAZING MEDICINE

What do you think of when you hear the word medicine? Probably a bottle of pink liquid. Maybe a doctor’s office comes to mind. But would you ever think of fat, wiggling, flesh-eating creatures? How about bee barf or bat spit?

These gross ideas may sound like something from a horror movie. But surprisingly, they are medicines being