Saving sickly children : the tuberculosis preventorium in American life, 1909-1970 /

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Known as "The Great Killer" and "The White Plague," few diseases influenced American life as much as tuberculosis. Sufferers migrated to mountain or desert climates believed to ameliorate symptoms. Architects designed homes with sleeping porches and verandas so sufferers could sp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Connolly, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Anne)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Critical issues in health and medicine.
Temas:
Tuberculosis in children > United States > Prevention > History.
Tuberculosis > Hospitals > United States > History.
Children > Hospitals > United States > History.
Children.
Tuberculosis > history
Child
Child, Institutionalized > history
History, 20th Century
Patient Isolation > history
Tuberculosis > nursing
Tuberculosis > prevention & control
Tuberculose > Hôpitaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enfants > Hôpitaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enfants.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
children (people by age group)
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
MEDICAL > History.
Children
Children > Hospitals
Tuberculosis > Hospitals
Tuberculosis in children > Prevention
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Child-saving in the United States
  • Tuberculosis: a children's disease
  • Founding the preventorium
  • The preventorium goes nationwide
  • Science and the preventorium
  • Tuberculosis in the "world of tomorrow"
  • Conclusion: saving children, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

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