Excerpt from The Control and Eradication of Tuberculosis: A Series of International Studies by Many Authors
Biggs, hermann M., M.D., LL.D., General Medical Officer, Department of Health, New York Associate Professor of Medicine, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York.
Bowditch, vincent Y M.D., Boston, Medical Director, Sharon Sanatorium, Mass. Late President of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, u.s.a.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a historical look at the fight against the scourge of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom. The author delves into the history of tuberculosis to when it was a widespread and devastating illness that killed countless people. The author takes a multidisciplinary approach, exploring how tuberculosis has been understood by doctors and patients since the 1800s and how it has been framed within debates around sanitation, hygiene, and poverty. Their work reveals how the disease has influenced the government's development of public health policy and its duties of care toward its citizens. This is not a medical book, but a narrative history about how doctors, statisticians, scientists, politicians, and patients responded to the challenge of tuberculosis in the UK. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331245124_0
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