Updated to include the most recent breakthroughs First published in 1998, here are the surprisingly fascinating stories of seven diseases that changed the course of human history - updated to reflect new medical and social developments such as: - the ravages of AIDS in Africa, Asia, and other locations - the bioterror threat posed by smallpox ...
Microbes are everywhere, and humans could not survive without them. To emphasize their amazing ubiquity, Farrell considers the invisible bugs essential to an everyday event: the eating of a light lunch consisting of a cheese sandwich and a chocolate bar. Illustrations. Young Adult.
This book traces the history of smallpox, leprosy, the plague, tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, and AIDS--seven deadly diseases that changed the course of world history. Illustrated with photographs and b&w drawings and prints.
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