Building resistance : children, tuberculosis, and the Toronto sanatorium /
"In 1882, Robert Koch determined that tuberculosis was an infectious disease caused by a bacterium. In Canada, tuberculosis was a widespread, endemic disease and many children were infected in their youth, often within their family homes. Ongoing concerns led to the rise of modern, scientific h...
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2018]
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| سلاسل: | desLibris. Books collection.
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جدول المحتويات:
- Building bodies of resistance
- The Toronto sanatorium : the context
- Guarded hopes and difficult truths : children, families, and the sanatorium
- Tuberculosis and the body : biology, beliefs, and experience
- Blood and oxygen : building bodies of resistance
- From collapse to cure : the modern therapeutics
- Children and the Sanatorium : conduct sheets and report cards
- Tuberculosis support and philanthropy
- Conclusion.