Disease and Class: Tuberculosis and the Shaping of Modern North American Society more books like this

by Georgina D Feldberg

Until a decade ago, the conquest of tuberculosis seemed one of the great triumphs of modern medicine. The resurgence of TB in the wake of AIDS has to be understood, Georgina Feldberg argues, in the context of decisions the U.S. Public Health Service made, beginning in the 1930s, to prevent TB through improved hygiene and long-term treatment with ...

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Ending Neglect: The Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States more books like this

by Institute of Medicine, Lawrence Geiter, Iom

Tuberculosis emerged as an epidemic in the 1600s, began to decline as sanitation improved in the 19th century, and retreated further when effective therapy was developed in the 1950s. TB was virtually forgotten until a recent resurgence in the U.S. and around the world-ominously, in forms resistant to commonly used medicines. What must the nation ...

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Tuberculosis: Arresting Everyone's Enemy more books like this

by Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hea

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The control of tuberculosis in the United States more books like this

by Philip P. Jacobs

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