Gail Jarrow
Website:www.gailjarrow.com
 
Birthplace: Dallas, TX    
 
Most recent address:Ithaca, NY    
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489953
American murderer : the parasite that haunted the South [Medical Fiascoes]by Jarrow, Gail 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2022)

BTSB #: 489953 Available

Dewey: 616.9/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 8.2 MG Lexile: 1080 F&P: Z

Subjects: Hookworm disease - Southern States - Prevention - History|y19th century Hookworm disease - Southern States - Prevention - History|y20th century Public health - Southern States - History|y19th century Public health - Southern States - History|y20th century


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 zoologist Charles Stiles knew better.


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Blood and germs : the Civil War battle against wounds and disease [Medical Fiascoes]by Jarrow, Gail 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2020)

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Dewey: 610/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.8 MG+ Lexile: 1030 F&P: Z+

Subjects: Medicine - History|y19th century Wounds and injuries Diseases United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War


Summary: Explores the science and grisly history of U.S. Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts.


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489958
Fatal fever : tracking down Typhoid Mary by Jarrow, Gail 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2015)

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Dewey: 614/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.4 MG RC: 8.6 6-8 Lexile: 1010

Subjects: Typhoid Mary,|d1869-1938 Typhoid fever


Summary: The true story of the woman who unwittingly spread deadly bacteria, the epidemiologist who discovered her trail of infection, and the health department that decided her fate.


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Poison eaters : fighting danger and fraud in our food and drugs by Jarrow, Gail 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2019)

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Dewey: 660/NAges: 10-17   
AR: 7.7 MG Lexile: 1020

Subjects: Wiley, Harvey Washington,|d1844-1930 Food - Safety measures Beverages - Law and legislation Pharmaceutical industry - Quality control


Summary: The true story of how food was made safer to eat thanks to the stubborn dedication of government chemist Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley.


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489990
Spooked! : how a radio broadcast and The war of the worlds sparked the 1938 invasion of America by Jarrow, Gail 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2018)

BTSB #: 489990 Available

Dewey: 791.447/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.2 MG RC: 8.5 6-8 Lexile: 1000 F&P: Z

Subjects: War of the worlds (Radio program) Radio broadcasting - United States


Summary: Explores the famous War of the worlds radio broadcast from 1938.


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