Tuberculosis in the Americas, 1870-1945: beneath the anguish in Philadelphia and Buenos Aires

"This book focuses on the era during which the cause of tuberculosis had been identified, and public health officials were seeking to prevent it, but scientists had not yet found a cure. By examining tuberculosis comparatively in two Atlantic port cities, Buenos Aires and Philadelphia, it explo...

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1. Verfasser: Reber, Vera Blinn 1941- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Routledge 2019
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in the history of the Americas
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Zusammenfassung:"This book focuses on the era during which the cause of tuberculosis had been identified, and public health officials were seeking to prevent it, but scientists had not yet found a cure. By examining tuberculosis comparatively in two Atlantic port cities, Buenos Aires and Philadelphia, it explores the medical, political and economic settings in which patients, physicians and urban officials lived and worked. Reber discusses the causes of tuberculosis, treatments and public health efforts to stop contagion, and how factors such as gender, age, class, nationality, beliefs and previous experiences shaped patient responses, and often defined the type of treatment"--
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ISBN:9780429433702
0429433700

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