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An entertaining collection of comic strip stories uncovering some amazing advances in medicine.

Discover how Charles Drew saved millions by storing blood plasma, how a Chinese scientist discovered a malaria treatment and much more. This book is sure to entertain children, while giving them an insight into the many challenges and rivalries behind scientific achievements and how scientists learn from mistakes. It is produced by the same team as Comic Strip Science?with hilarious comic strips illustrated by award-winning artist Jess Bradley and written by Paul Mason, who is well known for making science learning fun. Key science concepts are pulled out in more depth in feature spreads. The book has a specialist text consultant Dr Anna Simmons, UCL.

Comic Strip Science Adventures is a series of comic books that are perfect for young scientists aged 7 plus. Each book has specialist subject consultants. Titles in the series: Digging for Dinosaurs, Exploring Space, Medical Marvels, Amazing Inventions.

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• 1: Adventures In Medicine
• 1: Bad Breath (In The Interests Of Medicine)
• 1: Parasites, Bacteria And Viruses
• 1: Charles Drew And Blood Plasma
• 1: Tu Youyou Battles Malaria
• 1: The Quechua, Quinine And Malaria
• 1: Ethnobotany
• 1: Pasteur And The Rabid-Dog Disaster
• 1: Important Vaccines
• 1: Taking Away The Pain
• 1: Anaesthetic
• 1: Marie Curie And Radioactivity
• 1: Rosalind Franklin And The Building Blocks Of Life
• 1: Koo Sagang And The Nanoparticle Adventure
• 1: Medicines quiz