Title Plague-busters! : medicine's battles with history's deadliest diseases / Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal ; illustrated by Adrian Teal.

Publication Info.	New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2023.
	©2023

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Description	150 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page [137]-144) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Plague, or the black death -- Smallpox, or the speckled monster -- Rabies, or hydrophobia -- Tuberculosis, or consumption -- Cholera, or the blue death -- Scurvy, or the plague of the sea -- Afterword: a "Nobel" pursuit.
Summary	"This book delves into several illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations. Each chapter explores the history of a specific disease, detailing the symptoms, cures, and medical breakthroughs that it spawned"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages 8-12 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
	Grades 4-6 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Subject	Plague -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Epidemics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Diseases and history -- Juvenile literature.
	Plague -- History.
	Smallpox -- History.
	Rabies -- History.
	Tuberculosis -- History.
	Cholera -- History.
	Epidemics -- History.
	Diseases and history.
Genre/Form	Informational works.
Added Author	Teal, Adrian, author, illustrator.
ISBN	9781547606030 (hardcover)
	1547606037 (hardcover)

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