Disease and class : tuberculosis and the shaping of modern North American society /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feldberg, Georgina D., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1995.
Series:Health and medicine in American society.
Subjects:
Tuberculosis > Government policy > United States > History.
Tuberculosis > Government policy > Canada > History.
Tuberculosis > history
Tuberculosis > prevention & control
BCG Vaccine > history
Tuberculose > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Tuberculose > Politique gouvernementale > Canada > Histoire.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Tuberculosis > Government policy.
Infectious Diseases.
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
North America.
North America
Amérique du Nord.
Canada.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Tuberculosis as a different kind of disease
  • Disease and the agrarian order : tuberculosis before Koch
  • Coping with Koch's challenges : bacteria, biologics, and the economy of disease, 1880-1915
  • Spit and polish : the middle-class crusade to build resistance, 1900-1925
  • Medicine, science, and the national interest : American responses to the BCG vaccine in the 1920s
  • For cows, boys, and Indians : North American trials of BCG, 1924-1946
  • "Not a substitute for approved hygienic measures" : BCG and the postwar campaign against tuberculosis
  • Conclusion : Restoring history to understand the resurgence of tuberculosis.

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