The bubonic plague is a disease spread by fleas that live on rats. Outbreaks of the disease killed millions of people. Read this book to learn more about the history of this infectious disease.
Tuberculosis: How the White Death Changed History
โ Scribed by Mark K. Lewis
- Publisher
- Capstone
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Infected!
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
For many years, patients with tuberculosis had to live in sanitoriums to stop the spread of infection. Treatments included removing ribs and lungs. Read this book to learn more about the history of the infectious disease known as the white death.
โฆ Subjects
Health & Fitness; Juvenile Nonfiction; Science; JNF024000; JNF024020; JNF051050
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