| International Standard Book Number |
9798217134168
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| Personal Name |
Thomas, Isabel, 1979-
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| Title Statement |
Project Penicillin / written by Isabel Thomas ; illustrated by Weston Wei.
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| Edition Statement |
First American edition.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
91 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Mud and blood -- The invisible enemy -- The power of tears -- The death zone -- Mystery mold -- Needle in a haystack -- Broken glass -- From mold to medicine -- The ultimate test -- Secret cargo -- Project penicillin -- The P-Patrol -- The moldy melon -- Penicillin fever -- Back to the battlefield -- The age of antibodics.
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| Summary, Etc. |
On the battlefields of World War I, soldiers are dying from infected wounds. A young doctor witnessing the devastation vows to find a cure. In his messy laboratory a decade later, he makes an accidental discovery--a miracle mold that kills bacteria. But try as he might, he cannot turn his amazing find into a useful medicine. This is the story of that chance discovery and the brilliant scientists who took Alexander Fleming's miracle mold and worked tirelessly to turn it into a treatment that doctors could use. As another war broke out in Europe, they found themselves in a race against time to grow enough penicillin and create the first antibiotic. Their teamwork and determination led to a class of drugs that saved countless lives and paved the way for modern surgery and other life-saving treatments.
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| Target Audience Note |
3456 Libraria.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Penicillin Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Penicillin History Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Penicillin History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Penicillin.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Pénicillines (CaQQLa)201-0014496 Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. (CaQQLa)201-0377026.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Pénicillines (CaQQLa)201-0014496 Histoire (CaQQLa)201-0374154 Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. (CaQQLa)201-0374154.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Creative nonfiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Documents d'information.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Essais fictionnels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Informational works.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Wei, Weston, illustrator.
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