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Historical perspectives on tuberculosis and public health,
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This review is from: Fevered Lives: Tuberculosis in American Culture since 1870 (Hardcover)
Ott interweaves the changing understanding and treatment of tuberculosis with its natural companion, public health. There are a variety of stories here--that of researchers like Edward Koch (who discovered the bacillus) and public health reformers like Charles Chapin and C-E. A. Winslow. The housing of consumptives, in such places as sanatoriums, merits a chapter, and methods of nursing and care. Though the book is arranged thematically and not chronologiaclly, it is the story of our understanding of TB from the mid-19th century to the present. The book does not focus on the medical or scientific aspects of the disease, however (though they are mentioned) but rather, Ott's point seems to be that TB is not a definable illness by modern standards, but something that is changing continuously, as are our methods of dealing with the disease. "Fevered Lives" offers some interesting perspectives on the history of public health and TB, and is a well written book on the history of medicine for those not in the profession.
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Fevered Lives: Tuberculosis in American Culture since 1870 by Katherine Ott (Paperback - May 15, 1999)
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