Jarrow takes readers through the history, science, social, economic, medical, and political work that went in to discovering and addressing it. In this one, she focuses on the hookworm, a specific Western version that was dubbed the American Murderer. I've always billed James Swanson as a nonfiction writer of history (both his adult but particularly his YA adaptions) as reading a thrilling fiction rather than nonfiction. Jarrow's work continues to be succinct, informative, visually powerful, and that reads like a thriller of real life activities and events. I will be moderating a panel that will include Jarrow's newest title which is part of her medical fiascoes series and boy, this one does not disappoint. The topic of this STEM book remains relevant and will fascinate readers interested in medicine, science, history-and gross stories about bloodsucking creatures. Although hookworm was eventually controlled in the US, the parasite remains a serious health problem throughout the world. Working with one of the first public health organizations, he and his colleagues treated the sick and showed Southerners how to protect themselves by wearing shoes and using outhouses so that the worms didn’t spread.
It sounds like a nightmare, but that’s what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s.ĭoctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but zoologist Charles Stiles knew better. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires.
Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. What made workers in the American South so tired and feeble during the 19th and early 20th centuries? This exciting medical mystery uncovers the secrets of the parasite hookworm, commonly known as the “American Murderer,” and is the latest title in Gail Jarrow’s (YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults award-winning author) Medical Fiascoes series.
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