The Scourge of Whooping Cough, 1903 - Prairie Public Broadcasting

The Scourge of Whooping Cough, 1903  Prairie Public Broadcasting

Whooping cough was among the scariest of childhood diseases. Known also as pertussis, whooping cough came from the bacterium “Bordetella pertussis.



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