04027cam a2200781 4500 1130309778 TxAuBib 20240124120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781635928297 163592829X B09PQS5TDN Amazon 996e9b7f-b8f1-4a11-ac85-80b42da8d56a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 8671065 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Jarrow, Gail. American Murderer [Libby] : The Parasite that Haunted the South. Astra Publishing House, 2022. us history. stem. Book Report. health. South. parenting. american history. Civil War. parasites. reconstruction. Public Health. middle grade. Medicine. Toilets . poop. worms. Doctors. Diseases. science history. science books for kids. stem books for kids. hookworm. books for 13 year old girls. books about the south. US history for kids. best nonfiction. books about poop. steam books for kids. books about worms. books about doctors for kids. books about medicine for kids. books about the south for kids. american murderer. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 90MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Health & Fitness. History. Juvenile Nonfiction. Science. HTML:<b>Included on NPR's 2022 "Books We Love" List<br /> Finalist, 2023 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction&#160;<br /> ALSC Notable Children's Book<br /> What made workers in the American South so tired and feeble during the 19th and early 20th centuries? This exciting medical mystery uncovers the secrets of the parasite hookworm, commonly known as the “American Murderer,” and is the latest title in Gail Jarrow’s (YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults award-winning author) Medical Fiascoes series.</b><br /> 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.<br /> &#160;<br /> Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but zoologist Charles Stiles knew better. Working with one of the first public health organizations, he and his colleagues treated the sick and showed Southerners how to protect themselves by wearing shoes and using outhouses so that the worms didn’t spread. Although hookworm was eventually controlled in the US, the parasite remains a serious health problem throughout the world. The topic of this STEM book remains relevant and will fascinate readers interested in medicine, science, history—and gross stories about bloodsucking creatures. 7. 8. 9. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-01-23 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=996e9b7f-b8f1-4a11-ac85-80b42da8d56a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=996e9b7f-b8f1-4a11-ac85-80b42da8d56a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=996e9b7f-b8f1-4a11-ac85-80b42da8d56a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXGID