Plague-busters!, medicine's battles with history's deadliest diseases, Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal ; illustrated by Adrian Teal
Type
Label
Plague-busters!, medicine's battles with history's deadliest diseases, Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal ; illustrated by Adrian Teal
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 8-12, Bloomsbury Children's Books
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 4-6, Bloomsbury Children's Books
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Plague-busters!
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1356050577
Responsibility statement
Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal ; illustrated by Adrian Teal
Sub title
medicine's battles with history's deadliest diseases
Summary
"This book delves into several illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations. Each chapter explores the history of a specific disease, detailing the symptoms, cures, and medical breakthroughs that it spawned"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- Plague, or the black death -- Smallpox, or the speckled monster -- Rabies, or hydrophobia -- Tuberculosis, or consumption -- Cholera, or the blue death -- Scurvy, or the plague of the sea -- Afterword: a "Nobel" pursuit
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
Medicine's battles with history's deadliest diseases
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- Juvenile works
- Maladies et histoire -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Plague + History -- Juvenile literature
- Épidémies -- Histoire -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Maladies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Epidemics
- History
- MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
- Diseases -- Juvenile literature
- Tuberculosis + History
- Smallpox + History
- Informational works
- Epidemics + History
- Cholera + History
- Rabies + History
- Diseases and history -- Juvenile literature
- Diseases and history
- Plague
- Epidemics + History -- Juvenile literature
- Documents d'information
- Peste -- Histoire -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Plague + History
Content
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- Subject22
- Juvenile works
- Maladies et histoire -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Plague + History -- Juvenile literature
- Épidémies -- Histoire -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Maladies -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Epidemics
- History
- MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
- Diseases -- Juvenile literature
- Tuberculosis + History
- Smallpox + History
- Informational works
- Epidemics + History
- Cholera + History
- Rabies + History
- Diseases and history -- Juvenile literature
- Diseases and history
- Plague
- Epidemics + History -- Juvenile literature
- Documents d'information
- Peste -- Histoire -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Plague + History
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- Author2
- Illustrator1
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