feces

Explores how feces is used in the medical field.

"An exploration of different types of animal poo and what the zoo uses it for"--Provided by publisher.

Why did medieval physicians fill a patient's nostrils with hog's dung? Can eating camel poop really help cure dysentery? And why are 21st-century doctors carrying out fecal transplants on patients with serious digestive problems? We often think of poop as yucky and dirty, but since ancient times, doctors have explored how it can be used as a treatment for illnesses and injuries. This new Science Slam!title will engross readers--and gross them out! Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of an early elementary audience, this colorful, fact-filled book gives readers a chance not only to learn, but also to develop their powers of observation and critical thinking. With fascinating photographs and surprising, high-interest facts about a material that we don't usually read about, the book makes learning about excrement poop-sitively amazing!.

Most of us take medicine to cure our stomach ailmetns, but poop is also a cure! Doctors can put poop to good use in helping their patients. Explore the healing properties of poop, like fecal transplants, and learn all about 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. Who knew poop was so valuable?.

How is yak dung turned into fuel for cooking in Tibet? Can manure from dairy farms really be used to produce electricity? And could your car one day be powered by your own family's poop? With plenty of poop being produced every day, many people around the world are using this unwanted material as fuel to create energy. This new Science Slam! title will engross readers--and gross them out! Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of an early elementary audience, this colorful, fact-filled book gives readers a chance not only to learn, but also to develop their powers of observation and critical thinking. With fascinating photographs and surprising, high-interest facts about a material that we don't usually read about, the book makes learning about excrement poop-sitively amazing!.

Bored Little Baa Baa plays a mischievous trick on Quirky Turkey, telling him that small objects on the ground are actually "smarty tablets.".

"Describes what life would be like without poop."--Provided by publisher.

"Little Baa Baa is bored. When Quirky Turkey comes along, the opportunity to make mischief proves too great to resist"--Back cover.

Focuses on the topic, human waste, offering a variety of perspectives, eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more to illuminate the issue.

Describes ways that societies all over the world deal--and do not deal--with human waste, and covers the sewers of Paris, London, and New York City; examines the public toilets in India, China's biogas digesters, third world sanitation movements, the U.S. military laser elimination methods, and more.