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Autore |
Farndon John |
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Titolo |
Tiny killers / / by John Farndon ; illustrated by Venitia Dean |
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Minneapolis, MN : , : Hungry Tomato, , [2017] |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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The sickening history of medicine |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Diseases - Causes and theories of causation |
Germ theory of disease |
Medicine - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Original edition copyright 2016 by Hungry Tomato Ltd."--Preliminary page. |
"When bacteria and viruses attack"--Cover. |
Includes index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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."-- |
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