Tuberculosis Then and Now

Perspectives on the History of an Infectious Disease

Autor: Flurin Condrau, Michael Worboys

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: McGill-Queen's University Press

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One-third of the world's population is currently infected with the TB bacillus and up to ten per cen...

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Autor

Flurin Condrau, Michael Worboys

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2009

strony

243

EAN

9780773536012

ISBN

0773536019

Enbook ID

04918928

Wydawca

McGill-Queen's University Press

Waga

416

Wymiary

154 x 226 x 17

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One-third of the world's population is currently infected with the TB bacillus and up to ten per cent 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 of this title 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 Autonoma de Barcelona), Helen Valier (University of Houston), John Welshman (University of Lancaster), and Michael Worboys (University of Manchester).

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