When you are looking for specific diseases to research, use the index of the book to locate the pages on which you'll find your information. typhus, ringworm, tuberculosis, diptheria, trachoma, favus, measles, smallpox
Looking Back at Medicine
Surveys the history of medicine, from its beginnings in ancient Egypt and Greece, through the development of hospitals and various discoveries on treating diseases, to modern developments and medicine in the future.
Medicine by
Inspired by the Eyewitness lexigraphic approach, the definitive text, detailed captions, and labels combine with many full-color graphics, photos, and 3-D models to show the landmark experiments, the complex equipment, procedures, and concepts in all fields -- from relativity to genetics to ecology.
Frontier Fever by
-- Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, 1995Bone-chilling, fascinating reading... will have use in both science and history curricula. -- SLJ.
Children of Ellis Island (use index) by
Burdened with bundles and baskets, a million or more immigrant children passed through the often grim halls of Ellis Island. Having left behind their homes in Europe and other parts of the world, they made the voyage to America by steamer. Some came with parents or guardians. A few came as stowaways. But however they traveled, they found themselves a part of one of the grandest waves of human migration that the world has ever known. Children of Ellis Island explores this lost world and what it was like for an uprooted youngster at America's golden door. Highlights include the experience of being a detained child at Ellis Island--the schooling and games, the pastimes and amusements, the friendships, and the uneasiness caused by language barriers.
Do People Grow on Family Trees? The Official Ellis Island Handbook by
An exciting genealogical primer, do people grow on family trees? combines activities, history, photographs, illustrations, and reminiscences. Suitable for ages 8-12. 121,000 copies in print.