Eyewitness: Epidemic (Eyewitness Books)

Eyewitness Books, the books that show what other books only tell, add four new and exciting titles to the ever-popular series. Now available online as well as in book form, Eyewitness Books comprise a huge multivolume encyclopedia. Each volume integrates words and pictures to enable children at different reading levels to access information on science, the arts, history, geography, sports, and much more. Detailed annotations and lavish illustrations make these titles an unparalleled reference tool.From the devastating effects that disease has had on people around the world to the search and discovery of miraculous cures, in association with the American Museum of Natural History this Eyewitness book is filled with spectacular photographs and gripping text. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. Here is an original and fascinating new guide to the epidemics that have swept the world, and the many ways people have tried to control them.
Stunning full-color photographs, including giant-scale models of disease-causing agents, offer a unique eyewitness journey through the amazing story of epidemics, plagues, and disease.
See deadly bacteria attacking the body, an antibiotic drug from 5,000 years ago, and what superbugs actually look like.
Learn why antibiotics cannot kill viruses, how some bugs can trick the immune system, how the Black Death came and went, and how certain animals spread disease.
Discover why malaria has proved so difficult to eradicate, how Typhoid Mary earned her name, how a plant-mold caused a plague of hysteria, and why cures may be hidden deep in the rain forests.
And much, much more!

Discusses what an epidemic is, how it evolves, various causes and carriers, and efforts to prevent epidemics.

For as along as people have lived together in communities, infectious disease has been a part of everyday life. The fascinating story of disease-causing microbes, bacteria, and viruses crosses every area of human existence from medicine, social history, and geography to art and natural history. This unique guide takes you on a compelling journey through time and into the future, from the plagues of the Ancient Egyptians to the laboratories of the twenty-first century. Written by science and medical expert Brian Ward and produced in association with The American Museum of Natural History, Epidemicis one of the few in-depth explorations of this extraordinary subject for the ordinary reader.Discover the battle against epidemics from the Black Death and smallpox to the modern superbug. Dorling Kindersley Contents 6 What is an epidemic? 7 How an epidemic evolves 9 The Plague 13 Fighting infection 15 Epidemics and the city 17 Food poisoning 19 Cholera 23 TB – the coughing plague 25 Lepers and leprosy 27 Outsmarting the smallpox virus 29 Raging rabies 31 Attacking the brain 37 Childhood diseases 39 Minor plagues 41 Deadly bugs 43 Dealing with worms 45 Malaria 47 Fungal attack 49 Friendly fungi 51 Nature’s medicine cabinet 53 Animal plagues 55 Hot viruses and superbugs 57 HIV and AIDS 59 Germ warfare 61 The continuing war 63 Index 65 Acknowledgements 65 ISBN-13:,9780789469892,(ALB),ISBN-13:,9780789462961,(PLC) ISBN-13: 9780789469892 (ALB),ISBN-13: 9780789462961 (PLC) Period photos and illustrations enhance this in-depth examination of diseases that have effected the world throughout time and the different cures that have been developed to put an end to them.