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Plague-busters! : medicine's battles with history's deadliest diseases
Fitzharris, Lindsey, 1982-2025
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Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by - well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome - but the remedies were even worse. Get to know the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations through the ages. Each chapter explores the story of a disease, including the scary symptoms, kooky cures, and brilliant breakthroughs that it spawned. Diseases covered include bubonic plague, smallpox, rabies, tuberculosis, cholera, and scurvy. Thanks to centuries of sickness and a host of history's most determined plague-busters, this riveting book features everything you've ever wanted to know about the world's deadliest diseases.
Main title:
Plague-busters! : medicine's battles with history's deadliest diseases / Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal ; illustrated by Adrian Teal.
Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025.New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025.
Collation:
150 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781547618613 (pbk)
Dewey class:
616
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3115917