diseases

Describes 50 outbreaks of disease throughout history. Also explains how and why these diseases spread and how humans tried to stop them.

Modern medicine is such a marvel that it's hard to imagine how deadly it was to live in the past. Sometimes it was hard to stay alive, especially in the care of an ancient doctor. Readers will learn about deadly diseases such as the many plagues that killed off millions in the Middle Ages. They'll discover just how little people knew about the spread of illness and its prevention. Historical artwork supports the intriguing, gruesome details, and will make readers thankful they live in the modern world.

"The Black Death sounds like the name of a creepy movie, but it was an actual historical event. It was the term for the pandemic of plague throughout Europe and Asia in the fourteenth-century. Before it was over, tens of millions of people had died. Readers will . . . learn of the disturbing details of this gruesome disease and how it spread. They'll learn how people coped, how the world changed, and that plague still exists"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the history and impact of malaria, the disease spread by infected mosquitoes where millions of people are infected by each year.

Explores the history and impact of smallpox, which for thousands of years, was one of the world's most feared diseases.

For many years, patients with tuberculosis had to live in sanitoriums to stop the spread of infection and treatments included removing ribs and lungs. This book explores the history of the infectious disease known as the white death.

Ebola is a highly contagious virus that is spread through bodily fluids, and it first appeared in 1976 and has spread across sub-Saharan Africa. Explore more about the history and impact of this infectious disease.

Cholera is a deadly bacteria that lives in the soil and water, and it infects millions of people every year. Explores the history and impact of the infectious disease known as the blue death.

"Believing that she is a carrier of the deadly disease they are calling the 'Aberdeen flu,' Shay has surrendered herself to the authorities and along with other survivors becomes an unwilling test subject in the effort to find a cure; but when the lab is attacked, she and a few of the others with the strongest supernatural abilities escape, and her boyfriend Kai is determined to find her, while ghostly Callie, the true carrier, will atone for her deception"--Provided by publisher.

The medical director of the Complex Adolescent Problem Program at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, answers questions from teens with chronic illnesses or disabilities about family relationships, medical issues, dating, school and work, sexuality, recreation, alcohol, medications, and other topics.