Tiny Killers: When Bacteria and Viruses Attack

Farndon, John

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Hungry Tomato

Just the Series: The Sickening History of Medicine

Series and Publisher: The Sickening History of Medicine

Annotation: Traces the history of our understanding of what causes illness, from early beliefs through ground-breaking discoveries about germs, viruses, and bacteria.

Genre: [Health]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #129550

Format: Library Binding

Publisher: Hungry Tomato

Edition Date: 2017 Release Date: 01/01/17

Illustrator: Dean, Venitia,

Pages: 32 pages

ISBN: 1-512-41558-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-512-41558-2

Dewey: 616.009

LCCN: 2016025300

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Subject Heading:
Diseases. Causes and theories of causation. Juvenile literature.
Germ theory of disease. Juvenile literature.
Medicine. History. Juvenile literature.
Diseases. Causes and theories of causation.
Germ theory of disease.
Medicine. History.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2017)

The emphasis here is on the gross and bizarre in the history of medicine and diseases. In each book, an introduction is followed by twelve sections covering the goriest details of past epidemics, unhygienic practices, ancient medicines (e.g., poisonous hemlock) and treatments (bloodletting), "quacks," and more. Cartoon characters with horrified and disgusted expressions illustrate the brief, engaging texts. Timeline. Glos., ind.

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Horn Book (Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2017)

Reading Level: 5.0

Interest Level: 3-6

Reading Counts!: reading level:8.6 / points:3.0 / quiz:Q71099

Lexile: 1020L

Guided Reading Level: X

Fountas & Pinnell: X

Invisible microbes cause sickness by invading our bodies and multiplying. But doctors didn't always know that sickness was caused by germs. Most people thought diseases came from smelly, damp air. But over time, those ideas changed. A Dutch scientist saw bacteria through his microscope. Doctors realized that when they washed their hands, fewer people died. And a doctor in London recognized that disease could spread through contaminated water. Because of these discoveries, people eventually learned that hygiene was the key to stopping disease. Hospitals used clean surgical instruments, and cities developed trash removal and sewage systems. Learn more about the discovery and defeat of bacteria!

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