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23) Epidemic
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses what an epidemic is, how it evolves, various causes and carriers, and efforts to prevent epidemics.
24) Antibiotics
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Learn all about the history of antibiotics, from how they were first invented to how they impact our lives today."--
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
Garza maintains that the field of medicine is an indicator of the status of women in society. In the 15th century lay women healers were executed for practicing witchcraft. At one time in the United States, midwives were banned. Three women are noted as being major contributors to the development of nursing: Dorothea Dix, Florence Nightingale, & Margaret Sanger. Chapter notes, bibliography, & index.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Going to the doctor today looks a lot different than it did in the past. In fact, the entire history of medicine is riddled with unusual, amazing, and sometimes strange facts. Learn about how people used inventions, treatments, and more to survive and thrive in everyday life"--
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Description
Before formal science enabled a systematic approach to medicine, healers used plants to alleviate pain, ease the symptoms of diseases, and treat complaints of every kind. Today, people still use medicinal plants, in traditional roles or as building blocks for new research and innovative drugs. Featuring 350 full-color photographs, botanical drawings, and maps, this book is based on the work of botanical experts and presents alphabetically arranged,...
Author
Series
Big ideas that changed the world volume 3
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"A history of vaccines [that] includes COVID-19 research." -- Adapted from cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Sticking sharp needles into small children doesn't sound like a nice thing to do. But vaccination is definitely a case of being "cruel to be kind." This new title in the You Wouldn't Want to Live Without series relates the fascinating history of vaccination, and describes in simple terms how and why vaccination works. This simple technique has saved millions from deadly diseases���and in future, with new methods of delivery, we might even be...