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Bargaining for Life: A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938

Bargaining for Life: A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938

Bates, Barbara

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving

Medical Reference20th Century United States History

ISBN10: 0812231201
ISBN13: 9780812231205
Publisher: Univ Of Pennsylvania Pr
Published: Mar 29 1992
Pages: 456
Weight: 1.69
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Tuberculosis was the most common cause of death in the United States during the nineteenth century. The lingering illness devastated the lives of patients and families, and by the turn of the century, fears of infectiousness compounded their anguish. Historians have usually focused on the changing medical knowledge of tuberculosis or on the social campaigns to combat it.

Using a wide range of sources, especially the extensive correspondence of a Philadelphia physician, Lawrence F. Flick, in Bargaining for Life Barbara Bates documents the human story by chronicling how men and women attempted to cope with the illness, get treatment, earn their living, and maintain social relationships.

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