Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level If we go into hospital today, we know anaesthetics, antibiotics and antiseptics will be used to make the visit as pain-free and safe as possible. But how were they discovered, and what were operations like before they were used? This fact-filled information book looks at the journey surgery has made, from its early days to modern hospitals. Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction. Text type: An information book. Curriculum links: Science; History. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.