Tuberculosis Then and Now: Perspectives on the History of an Infectious Disease: Volume 36 (McGill-Queen’s/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, H) - Softcover

Condrau, Flurin; Worboys, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773536019 ISBN 13: 9780773536012

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010

Synopsis

One-third of the world's population is currently infected with the TB bacillus and up to ten percent of these individuals will go on to develop tuberculosis. Today the disease is most prevalent in Africa and South Asia, but a century and a half ago it was the largest single cause of death in Europe and North America. In Tuberculosis Then and Now leading scholars and new researchers in the field reflect on the changing medical, social, and cultural understanding of the disease and engage in a wider debate about the role of narrative in the social history of medicine and how it informs current debates and issues surrounding the treatment of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Through a case study of the history of tuberculosis and its treatment, this collection examines medicine and health care from the perspectives of class, race, and gender, providing a challenging and refreshing addition to the field of bacteria-centred accounts of the history of medicine. Contributors include Peter Atkins (University of Durham), David Barnes (University of Pennsylvania), Alison Bashford (Harvard and University of Sidney), Tim Boon (Science Museum, London), Linda Bryder (University of Auckland), Flurin Condrau (University of Manchester), Jorge Molero-Messa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Helen Valier (University of Houston), John Welshman (University of Lancaster), and Michael Worboys (University of Manchester).

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About the Author

Flurin Condrau, professor of history of medicine at the University of Manchester, is an expert in the comparative history of infectious diseases, tuberculosis, and urban sanitary movements and is currently working on the history of patients as well as on

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773536019
• ISBN 13: 9780773536012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 243