Farndon, John,

Tiny killers / - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. - The sickening history of medicine .

Includes index. "When bacteria and viruses attack"--Cover. "Original edition copyright 2016 by Hungry Tomato Ltd."--Preliminary page.

Settling for germs -- Bad air -- Eastern ideas -- Invisible animals -- Now wash your hands -- Dirty drains -- Guilty germs -- Germs nailed -- Clean surgery -- Germ army -- Germy times -- Gruesome symptoms.

"From early ideas about what made people sick to modern understanding of the tiny but powerful bacteria all around us, read this book to learn all about the history of the science of what makes us sick."--

Ages 8-12. Grades 4 to 6.

9781512415582 (lb : alk. paper) 9781512430783 (pb : alk. paper)

2016025300


Diseases--Causes and theories of causation--Juvenile literature.
Germ theory of disease--Juvenile literature.
Medicine--History--Juvenile literature.

RB153 / .F37 2017

616.009

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