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Summary: Discusses the achievements of chemist Harvey Washington Wiley, who recognized the dangers of using harmful chemicals, including formaldehyde, borax, and salicyclic acid, in food and medicine and fought for safe products for consumers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2019
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Summary: "...explores the science and grisly history of U.S. Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts by soldiers, doctors, and nurses."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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Summary: "Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022
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Summary: Chronicles the story of the early 1900s typhoid fever epidemic in New York, providing details as to how its infamous carrier was ultimately tracked down and stopped.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek 2021