Plague-Busters!: Medicine's Battles with History's Deadliest Diseases

Ages 8 to 12

New York Times bestselling Lindsey Fitzharris’ riveting middle grade nonfiction about diseases that have shaped human history—in paperback.

Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by . . . well, plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were often gruesome—but the remedies were even worse!

Get to know the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations. Each chapter explores the story of a disease, including the scary symptoms, kooky cures, and brilliant breakthroughs that it spawned. Thanks to centuries of sickness and a host of history’s most determined plague-busters, this riveting book features everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the world’s deadliest diseases.

Medical historian and bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris lays out the facts with her trademark wit, and Adrian Teal adds humor with cartoons and caricatures drawn in red-and-black.

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