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Medicine Then and Now
Written by Richard Spilsbury and Louise Spilsbury
Narrated by Multiple Narrators
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Read and discover all about medicine in the past and medicine today. What was the world's first antibiotic? What medicine can cure malaria? Read and discover more about the world!
This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work.
An Oxford Press Audio production.
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Richard Spilsbury
Richard Spilsbury is an experienced author of nonfiction books for young people. He has written about a wide range of topics including science, nature, and history.
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