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The Grisly History of Medicine - Killer Bugs

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Published: 1st May 2017
Publisher Name: Hungry Tomato
Author: John Farndon & Illustrated by Venitia Dean
ISBN: 9781910684627
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32

Description

Invisible microbes cause sickness by setting up home in our bodies and multiplying - fast! Follow the hunt for these tiny killers over thousands of years, and the fight to outwit and eliminate them.


Smallpox and tuberculosis came from cattle


Cholera made the skin shrivel and turn blue


Hospitals caused fatal diseases


Find out how the French scientist Louis Pasteur unmasked germs living in the air, the German doctor Robert Koch proved that they caused disease, and the British surgeon Joseph Lister pioneered surgery in super-clean conditions - some of the greatest victories in the battle against disease.