About this title: 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 culture complete with invalid beds, spittoons, sputum collection devices, and disinfectants. The "preventorium," an institution designed to protect children from the ravages of the disease, emerged in this era of Progressive ideals in public health ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008-05-30
ISBN-13:9780813542676ISBN:0813542677
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780813542676ISBN:0813542677
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780813542676ISBN:0813542677
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780813542676ISBN:0813542677
Description: New. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 182 p. Contains: Illustrations. Critical Issues in Health and Medicine. read more
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