It's horrible having a fever feeling sick and getting spots and rashes isn't it But look inside this book and you'll witness the true horrors people faced in the past - rotting skin dissolving lungs and sinister pustules and swellings all over the body. The Black Death wiped out whole towns and villages Tuberculosis consumed young people like a blood-sucking vampire Smallpox left its victims scarred for life - if they survived. No one knew where these killer diseases came from or how to treat them. Frightening See how people tried to ward them off and made vital discoveries. The Egyptians chewed garlic to keep malaria at bay an English physician found a source of cholera and a Cuban doctor showed that mosquitoes spread yellow fever - all pieces in the giant jigsaw puzzle of modern medicine.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Grisly History Of Medicine, Sickening History Of Medicine .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by Hungry Tomato Ltd .

John Farndon has written many books for children, specialising in popular science and astronomy. He has twice been shortlisted for the "Copus Science Book Prize. " VENETIA DEAN studied for an Art and Design degree at Leeds University where she experimented for a while in ceramics and photography before deciding that illustration was her calling. She lives in Leeds with her husband, two children and two dogs (a Spaniel and a Labrador) - she says there's never a dull moment in her house! She loves living in Leeds as she can draw so much inspiration for her illustrations and photography.