"Parents should read this book. In an entertaining and easy to understand way, Dr. Rotbart explains everything a parent needs to know about infections. This is a terrific book!”

Stephen Berman, M.D., FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics; Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics; author of Pediatric Decision Making
Table of Contents

I. Worthy Enemies

  1. Germinology: Know Your Enemy
  2. Germ Roots and Germ Routes: Where They Come from, Where They Go, and How They Get from Here to There
  3. Plagued: a Glossary of Diseases

II. Weapons in the War

  1. Homeland Security: Our Natural Defenses against Germ Invasions
  2. Germinators: Antibiotics as Miracle and Menace
  3. Germinators II: Antivirals, Antifungals, Anti-parasitics
  4. Vaccine Verisimilitude: Venerated, Vilified, Vindicated
  5. Over-the-Counter or Over-the-Top: Symptom Relief

III. Wear Your Boots in the Rain

  1. Sanitary Sanity: Personal, Household, and Community Hygiene
  2. From the Fridge to the Fringe: Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements
  3. Miscellaneous Mom-isms: Sleep, Stress, Weather, Wardrobe, Exercise and Everything Else

IV. Wisdom of the Ages

  1. Prudent Paranoia: Common Sense

Sample Pages
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