Tuberculosis in the Americas, 1870-1945: Beneath the Anguish in Philadelphia and Buenos Aires

ISBN-13: 9781138359505 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 330 str.

Vera Blinn Reber

Opis

This monograph examines tuberculosis comparatively and globally. It discusses patient perspectives and public responses to the changing perspectives of the causes of tuberculosis, considers public health efforts to limit contagion and explores various efforts to treat the disease.

Spis treści

Introduction: Beneath the Anguish: Tuberculosis, 1870-1945  1. Tuberculosis: Views and Perspectives  2. Two Cities and Their Medical Establishments: Buenos Aires and Philadelphia, 1870-1945  3. Immigrants, Migrants and Public Health Policies in Buenos Aires and Philadelphia  4. Tuberculosis Treatment in Buenos Aires and Philadelphia: Patient and Physician Experiences  5. The Sanatorium Age: Argentina and Pennsylvania  6. Poor and Ill: Children of Buenos Aires and Philadelphia  7. Tuberculosis in Global and Comparative Perspective.  Epilogue: Tuberculosis Developments and Patient Experiences

O autorze

Vera Blinn Reber earned a PhD from the University of Wisconsin with specialization on Latin American and Comparative History. She taught World and Latin American History at Shippensburg University for 37 years. Her primary research interests are Argentine and Paraguayan nineteenth century economic history and urban medical history.