Invincible Microbe

Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure

By MURPHY, Jim & Alison Blank

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ISBN
978-0-618-53574-3 978-0-547-82268-6
Publisher
Clarion


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on July 1, 2012  |  Grades 5-up

Gr 5–9—Starting with the dramatic cover photo of a row of girls lying in their hospital beds, Murphy and Blank unwind the tangled history of tuberculosis, a disease that continues to kill millions every year. The writing is crisp and clinical. Readers will be surprised to learn that kings believed that a single touch of their hand would cure the peasants and that one of the more radical treatments f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on July 1, 2012

"This is the story of a small, harmless-looking germ that has been infecting people for millions of years." Tuberculosis has been a medical scourge through much of human history, and although it is currently rare here in the United States (although that is not true for the rest of the world), new drug-resistant strains of the disease keep the threat of a new pandemic on the horizo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2012

Tuberculosis has been a medical scourge through much of human history, and new drug-resistant strains keep the threat of a pandemic on the horizo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Junior Library Guild

Reviewed on August 1, 2012

A comprehensive chronicle of tuberculosis, from the earliest known case to the present day. Scientific concepts, including how the disease is spread, are clearly explained. As well as the story of TB, this is a fascinating history of the medical practice. The authors thoroughly explore advances...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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