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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154919103321

Autore

Farndon John

Titolo

Tiny killers / / by John Farndon ; illustrated by Venitia Dean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, MN : , : Hungry Tomato, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-5124-2710-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The sickening history of medicine

Disciplina

616.009

Soggetti

Diseases - Causes and theories of causation

Germ theory of disease

Medicine - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Original edition copyright 2016 by Hungry Tomato Ltd."--Preliminary page.

"When bacteria and viruses attack"--Cover.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Settling for germs -- Bad air -- Eastern ideas -- Invisible animals -- Now wash your hands -- Dirty drains -- Guilty germs -- Germs nailed -- Clean surgery -- Germ army -- Germy times -- Gruesome symptoms.

Sommario/riassunto

"From early ideas about what made people sick to modern understanding of the tiny but powerful bacteria all around us, read this book to learn all about the history of the science of what makes us sick."--