Tuberculosis Then and Now
Perspectives on the History of an Infectious Disease
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2010
- Category
- Respiratory, Cultural
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773577046
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $110.00
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Description
In Tuberculosis Then and Now leading scholars and new researchers in the field reflect on the changing medical, social, and cultural understanding of the disease and engage in a wider debate about the role of narrative in the social history of medicine and how it informs current debates and issues surrounding the treatment of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Through a case study of the history of tuberculosis and its treatment, this collection examines medicine and health care from the perspectives of class, race, and gender, providing a challenging and refreshing addition to the field of bacteria-centred accounts of the history of medicine.
About the authors
Flurin Condrau, professor of history of medicine at the University of Manchester, is an expert in the comparative history of infectious diseases, tuberculosis, and urban sanitary movements and is currently working on the history of patients as well as on