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Deadly disease trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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One hundred years ago, a mysterious and alarming illness spread across America's South, striking tens of thousands of victims. No one knew what caused it or how to treat it. People were left weak, disfigured, insane, and in some cases, dead. Award winning science and history writer Gail Jarrow tracks this disease, commonly known as pellagra, and highlights how doctors, scientists, and public health officials finally defeated it. Illustrated with 100...
Author
Series
Deadly disease trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Chronicles the story of the early 1900s typhoid fever epidemic in New York, providing details as to how its infamous carrier was ultimately tracked down and stopped.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Young Adults
DeSTEMber - Tweens
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Young Adults
DeSTEMber - Tweens
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"Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but zoologist Charles Stiles knew better. Working with one of...
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