The white death : a history of tuberculosis / Thomas Dormandy.
Record details
- ISBN: 0814719279 :
- Physical Description: xiv, 433 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: New York : New York University Press, 2000.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: London ; Rio Grande, Ohio : Hambledon Press, 1999. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Citation/References Note: | LJ 03/01/2000 PW 03/06/2000 |
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Subject: | Tuberculosis > History. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Starke Co PL - Schricker Main Library (Knox) | 616.99 DOR (Text) | 30032010190251 | ADULT NON-FICTION | Available | - |
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- New York Univ Pr
The victims of tuberculosis (usually known as consumption) included not only Keats, The Brontës, Chopin and Chekhov, but members of almost every family. It was a killer on a huge scale.
The White Death is an outstanding history of tuberculosis. Thomas Dormandy's engrossing account of the search for a cure is complemented by a description of its complex natural history and by portraits of individual sufferers, including writers, artists, and musicians, whose lives and work were shaped (and often tragically curtailed) by the disease. But, tuberculosis is not just a disease of the past. In many parts of the world it is still a bigger killer than AIDS, while in America and Europe drug-resistant strains threaten its resurgence. - New York Univ Pr
Now available in paperback, "Dormandy weaves together cultural and medical history with the skill of a learned and witty scholar" (Library Journal) to provide a history of tuberculosis.