Building resistance : children, tuberculosis, and the Toronto sanatorium /

"In 1882, Robert Koch determined that tuberculosis was an infectious disease caused by a bacterium. In Canada, tuberculosis was a widespread, endemic disease and many children were infected in their youth, often within their family homes. Ongoing concerns led to the rise of modern, scientific h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burke, Stacie (Stacie D. A.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
Colección:desLibris. Books collection.
Temas:
1900-1999
Tuberculosis in children > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century.
Tuberculosis > Treatment > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century.
Sanatoriums > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century.
Tuberculosis.
Infants.
Children.
Tuberculosis
Infant
Child
Tuberculosis > therapy
Tuberculosis > history
Hospitals, Chronic Disease
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Tuberculose chez l'enfant > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Tuberculose > Traitement > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sanatoriums > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Tuberculose.
Nourrissons.
Enfants.
Maladies chroniques > Hôpitaux.
infants.
children (people by age group)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
MEDICAL > History.
Sanatoriums.
Tuberculosis in children.
Tuberculosis > Treatment.
Sanatorium.
Lungentuberkulose.
Therapie.
Ontario
Ontario > Toronto.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Building bodies of resistance
  • The Toronto sanatorium : the context
  • Guarded hopes and difficult truths : children, families, and the sanatorium
  • Tuberculosis and the body : biology, beliefs, and experience
  • Blood and oxygen : building bodies of resistance
  • From collapse to cure : the modern therapeutics
  • Children and the Sanatorium : conduct sheets and report cards
  • Tuberculosis support and philanthropy
  • Conclusion.

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