Presents an overview of cholera, covering its history, scope, diagnosis, treatment, research, and prevention; and includes a glossary, a bibliography, and a list of related organizations.
a mystery of London, the blue death, and a boy called Eel
Hopkinson, Deborah
2013
Eel, an orphan, and his best friend Florrie must help Dr. John Snow prove that cholera is spread through water, and not poisonous air, when an epidemic sweeps across their London neighborhood in 1854.
Describes the history of cholera, explains how it spreads, chronicles its major epidemics and pandemics, discusses the work of doctors who made important discoveries about the disease, and includes a time line, glossary, and annotated bibliography.
