Saving Sickly Children - The Tuberculosis Preventorium in American Life, 1909-1970

Informationen zum Autor Connolly, Cynthia A Klappentext Known as ""The Great Killer"" and ""The White Plague,"" few diseases influenced American life as much as Tuberculosis. The ""preventorium"", an institution designed to protect children from the ravages of the disease, emerged in this era of progressive ideals in public health. In this book, Cynthia A. Connolly provides a provocative analysis of public health and family welfare through the lens of the tuberculosis preventorium. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Child-Saving in the United States ¿Chapter 2. Tuberculosis: A Children's Disease ¿Chapter 3. Founding the Preventorium ¿Chapter 4. The Preventorium Goes Nationwide ¿Chapter 5. Science and the Preventorium¿ Chapter 6. Tuberculosis in the "World of Tomorrow" Conclusion: Saving Children: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Cynthia a Connolly, Cynthia A. Connolly
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2014
• EAN: 9780813569673
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-6967-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Critical Issues in Health and; Critical Issues in Health and; Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Series; Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General