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Saving Sickly Children: The Tuberculosis Preventorium in American Life, 1909-1970
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Cynthia A Connolly
Known as "The Great Killer" and "The White Plague," few diseases influenced American life as much as tuberculosis. Sufferers migrated to mountain or desert climates believed to ameliorate symptoms. Architects designed homes with sleeping porches and verandas so sufferers could spend time in the open air. The disease even developed its own consumer ...
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