Living in the Shadow of Death Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness in American History

Name: Living in the Shadow of Death Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness in American History
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ISBN: 9780801851865

ISBN-10: 0801851866

ISBN-13: 9780801851865

Edition: 1995 (Reprint)

Authors: Sheila M. Rothman

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Tuberculosis -- once the cause of as many as one in five deaths in the U.S. -- crossed all boundaries of class and gender, but the methods of treatment for men and women differed radically. While men were encouraged to go out to sea or to the open country, women were expected to stay at home, surrounded by family, to anticipate a lingering death. Several women, however, chose rather to head for the drier climates of the West and build new lives on their own. But with the discovery of the tubercle bacillus in 1882 and the establishment of sanatoriums, both men and women were relegated to lives of seclusion, sacrificing autonomy for the prospect of a cure. In Living in the Shadow of Death…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 10/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 7.09" wide x 8.98" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English