Author: John Farndon

Illustrated by Venitia Dean

Publisher: Hungry Tomato Ltd 2016

Pages: 32

Description: No one knew where these killer diseases came from or how to treat them. Frightening! See how people tried to ward them off, and made vital discoveries. The Egyptians chewed garlic to keep malaria at bay, an English physician found a source of cholera, and a Cuban doctor showed that mosquitos spread yellow fever all pieces in the giant jigsaw puzzle of modern medicine.