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 veran...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Connolly, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Anne)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tuberculosis in children > Prevention.
Tuberculosis > Hospitals.
Children > Hospitals.
Children.
children (people by age group)
Enfants.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Tuberculose > Hôpitaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enfants > Hôpitaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Child
Child, Institutionalized > history
History, 20th Century
Patient Isolation > history
Tuberculosis > nursing
Tuberculosis > prevention & control
Tuberculosis > history
Tuberculosis in children > United States > Prevention > History.
Tuberculosis > Hospitals > United States > History.
Children > Hospitals > United States > History.
United States.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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