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Bargaining for Life: A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780812231205)
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xTuberculosis 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.Author: Barbara Bates
ISBN-10: 0812231201
ISBN-13: 9780812231205
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Language: English
Published: 03/29/1992
Pages: 456
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.69lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
By Barbara Bates
xBarbara Bates (1928-2002) was a physician who studied history at the University of Kansas and the University of Pennsylvania, where she taught internal medicine and nursing. She developed and wrote a guide to patient history taking that has become the standard text for medical students.
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