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The weariness, the fever, and the fret : the campaign against tuberculosis in Canada, 1900-1950 /

"Racked by incessant coughing, barely able to catch their breath, tuberculosis sufferers seemed to literally waste away. By 1900 the "White Plague" was the number one cause of death for Canadians between fifteen and forty-five years of age. In The Weariness, the Fever, and the Fret Ka...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCuaig, Katherine, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1999.
Colección:McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institute studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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520 1 |a "Racked by incessant coughing, barely able to catch their breath, tuberculosis sufferers seemed to literally waste away. By 1900 the "White Plague" was the number one cause of death for Canadians between fifteen and forty-five years of age. In The Weariness, the Fever, and the Fret Katherine McCuaig takes an in-depth look at the campaign against TB, from its beginnings as part of the turn-of-the-twentieth-century urban social reform movement to the 1950s and the discovery of antibiotics that could cure it. Fighting the disease meant not only eliminating the germ but attacking the underlying social problems that eased its spread - alcoholism, poverty, and poor working conditions. The battle against TB influenced the way in which health services were established while also encouraging demands for medicare. Book jacket."--Jacket 
505 0 |a ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Social Reform Era, 1900â€?1914: A Social Disease with a Medical Aspect""; ""2 Tuberculosis and the Great War""; ""3 The Interwar Years: A Medical Disease with a Social Aspect ""; ""4 The Interwar Years: The Changing Role of Volunteers""; ""5 The Interwar Years: The Role of the State""; ""6 Childhood Tuberculosis""; ""7 Tuberculosis and World War 2""; ""8 The Triumph of Technology, Bacteriology, and Scientific Management""; ""9 The Disease and the Campaign: A Reflection of Twentieth-Century Social Philosophy"" 
505 8 |a 10 ConclusionAppendix One: Tuberculosis Institutions in Canada -- Appendix Two: Funding the Tuberculosis Campaign -- Appendix Three: Preventive Work and Tuberculosis Mortality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X 
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