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The germ lab

Platt, Richard (author.). Platt, Richard Plagues, pox, and pestilence. (Added Author). Kelly, John, 1964- (illustrator.).

Summary: Provides a history of disease and pestilence as told from the point of view of the bugs and pests that caused them, from common diseases such as influenza, malaria and tuberculosis to such rare diseases as leprosy, cholera, and bubonic plague.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0753475820
  • ISBN: 9780753475829
  • Physical Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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  • Publisher: New York : Kingfisher, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Prepublication title: The Book of Hideous Things.
Previous copyright date of 2011, titled Plagues, Pox, and Pestilence.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: In the germ lab -- Under the microscope -- Disease : how it spreads -- The war on germs -- The rogues' gallery -- Black Death -- The plague spreads! -- "Unclean, unclean!" -- A deadly debate -- The unwell well -- Bug breakthrough -- Death in the air -- Childhood diseases -- Curing the pox -- Fighting back -- A wartime killer -- Famine and blight -- Fungus and fever -- Modern dangers -- X-ray rescue -- The future -- Germ terms.
Subject: Animals as carriers of disease Juvenile literature
Communicable diseases Transmission Juvenile literature
Epidemics History Juvenile literature
Diseases History Juvenile literature

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Potter-Tioga Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Elkland Area Community Library.

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Elkland Area Community Library JNF 616 PL (Text) 30363000793220 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -

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