Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Blank, Alison.

Description

1. 149 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Summary

1. This is the story of a killer that has been stalking and doing away with people for thousands of years: Tuberculosis. For centuries, TB in many forms was treated with everything from poultices and potions to the king's touch. The microorganism that causes the disease was eventually identified, more effective treatments were developed, and the cure for TB was thought to be within reach. But the TB germ simply will not die; drug-resistant varieties continue to plague and panic the human race. This biography of the deadly germ, an account of the diagnosis, treatment, and "cure" of the disease over time, and its social history, is woven together with archival prints and photographs.

Subject

1. Tuberculosis > Juvenile literature
2. Tuberculosis > History > Juvenile literature
3. Microorganisms > Juvenile literature
4. Tuberculosis
5. Microorganisms
6. Diseases
7. JUVENILE NONFICTION > Science & Nature > History of Science
8. JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Science & Technology
9. JUVENILE NONFICTION > Health & Daily Living > Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
10. JUVENILE NONFICTION > Social Issues > Prejudice & Racism
11. JUVENILE NONFICTION > Science & Nature > Discoveries

Genre/Form

1. History.
2. Juvenile works.

Contents

1. This is the story -- In the beginning -- The king's evil -- "There is a dread disease" -- Into the mountains -- "To comfort always" -- The cause -- The outsiders -- The cure -- "Like a fairy-tale" -- Supergerms -- Hot spots.

Call number

1. JFE 13-1915

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index.

Audience (note)

1. Ages 9-12.
2. Middle School.
3. 1200

Author

1. Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022.

Title

1. Invincible microbe : tuberculosis and the never-ending search for a cure / Jim Murphy and Alison Blank.

Imprint

1. Boston : Clarion Books, 2012.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index.

Audience

1. Ages 9-12.
2. Middle School.
3. 1200 Lexile.

Study program

1. Accelerated Reader 9.5.
2. Reading Counts! 11.0.

Added author

1. Blank, Alison.

LCCN

1. 2011025951

Other standard identifier

1. 9780618535743

ISBN

1. 9780618535743 (hardback)
2. 0618535748 (hardback)

Research call number

1. JFE 13-1915