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Plague-Busters!

Medicine's Battles with History's Deadliest Diseases

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Plague-Busters!

By: Lindsey Fitzharris, Adrian Teal
Narrated by: Hunter Johns
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Bloomsbury presents Plague-Busters! by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal, read by Hunter Johns.

Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by . . . well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome—but the remedies were even worse.

Get to know the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations through the ages. Each chapter explores the story of a disease, including the scary symptoms, kooky cures, and brilliant breakthroughs that it spawned. Medical historian and bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris lays out the facts with her trademark wit, and Adrian Teal adds humor with cartoons and caricatures drawn in pitch black and blood red. Diseases covered in this book include bubonic plague, smallpox, rabies, tuberculosis, cholera, and scurvy.

Thanks to centuries of sickness and a host of history’s most determined plague-busters, this riveting book features everything you've ever wanted to know about the world's deadliest diseases.©2023 Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Science & Technology Health Nonfiction Middle Ages
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