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Timeless book about the social causes and consequences of illness.,
By AMS (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man and Society (Paperback)
I could barely put this book down. One fascinating theme is the link between perceptions of the symptoms of TB and social class. When TB was primarily a white, upper-class disease, the symptoms were viewed with esteem. For example, pale, thin, frail people were thought to be particularly bright, creative, and appealing. But that is scratching the surface -- there is so much that is compelling and interesting about this book.
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A social study of science,
By cactus writer (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man and Society (Paperback)
DuBos et al examine the social aspects of the TB epidemic, along with some of the biological factors. They show how TB was romaticized, how it was portrayed as a demon coming to rob the healthy of life, and how it sparked scientific invention - in particular the stethescope. The introduction is wonderful as it lays out the basic parts of the book. Words of advice: this book is best read as a whole from beginning to end, as the authors build on the arguments they make in past chapters.
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DISEASES manifest multiple personalities just as do living creatures and social institutions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vole bacilli, antituberculosis movement, living bacilli, antituberculosis campaigns, physiological misery, pulmonary phthisis, virulent bacilli, tuberculous disease, tuberculosis mortality rate, mediate auscultation, tuberculous patient, tubercle bacilli, consumptive patients, familial susceptibility, pulmonary consumption, human tuberculosis, tuberculous infection, tubercle bacillus, galloping consumption, bovine tuberculosis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, New England, Benjamin Marten, Charles Dickens, Fanny Brawne, Ralph Waldo, First World War, Madame Gervaisais, Richard Morton, Saranac Lake, Edgar Allan Poe, Marie Bashkirtsev, Marie Duplessis, Robert Koch, Sidney Lanier, Thomas Beddoes, Thomas Young New!
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DISEASES manifest multiple personalities just as do living creatures and social institutions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vole bacilli, antituberculosis movement, living bacilli, antituberculosis campaigns, physiological misery, pulmonary phthisis, virulent bacilli, tuberculous disease, tuberculosis mortality rate, mediate auscultation, tuberculous patient, tubercle bacilli, consumptive patients, familial susceptibility, pulmonary consumption, human tuberculosis, tuberculous infection, tubercle bacillus, galloping consumption, bovine tuberculosis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, New England, Benjamin Marten, Charles Dickens, Fanny Brawne, Ralph Waldo, First World War, Madame Gervaisais, Richard Morton, Saranac Lake, Edgar Allan Poe, Marie Bashkirtsev, Marie Duplessis, Robert Koch, Sidney Lanier, Thomas Beddoes, Thomas Young New!
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- Contagion and Confinement: Controlling Tuberculosis along the Skid Road by Professor Barron H. Lerner PhD on 4 pages
- The Deadly Truth: A History of Disease in America by Gerald N. Grob in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Die Praxis homöopathischen Heilens by Georgos Vithoulkas in Front Matter, and page 106
- Sick Economies: Drama, Mercantilism, and Disease in Shakespeare's England by Jonathan Gil Harris in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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