Plague! /
By: Farndon, John [author.]
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Contributor(s): Dean, Venitia [illustrator.].
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BookSeries: The sickening history of medicine.Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Hungry Tomato, [2017]Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781512415575 (lb : alk. paper); 9781512430752 (pb : alk. paper).Subject(s): Epidemics -- History -- Juvenile literature | Communicable diseases -- History -- Juvenile literature | Black Death -- History -- Juvenile literature | Tuberculosis -- History -- Juvenile literature | Smallpox -- History -- Juvenile literature | Typhus fever -- History -- Juvenile literature | Cholera -- History -- Juvenile literatureAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Plague!DDC classification: 616.009 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Manitoba School for the Deaf Library | 616.009/ FAR (Browse shelf) | Available | 015769 |
Includes index.
"Epidemics and scourges through the ages"--Cover.
"Original edition copyright 2016 by Hungry Tomato Ltd."--Preliminary page.
Introduction --The oldest killer -- Deadly blisters -- The black death -- The great plague -- The white plague -- The pox -- Napoleon's nightmare -- Cholera -- Yellow fever -- Spanish flu -- Terrible times -- Gruesome symptoms.
"This book explores some of history's most gruesome diseases. Readers will be enthralled by the history and science of terrible plagues and the bacteria, bugs, bad hygiene, and rats responsible."-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 8-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
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