You wouldn't want to live without antibiotics - Rooney, Anne; Antram, David (Brighton, [U.K.] Book House, MMXV, 2015)
Many dangerous diseases are carried by bacteria - tiny organisms that can get into the body and multiply inside it. Antibiotics are medicines that kill bacteria. They can be used to cure many diseases that were deadly in the past. This book tells the story of how antibiotics were discovered, and how they have transformed the treatment of disease
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Keywords: Antibiotics -- History -- Juvenile literature; Medicine -- History -- Juvenile literature; Wounds and injuries -- Treatment -- History -- Juvenile literature