Another Magic Mountain - Kibong'oto Hospital and African Tuberculosis, 1920û2000

Although one of the world’s deadliest diseases, tuberculosis today is confined to a small group of countries, including Tanzania. This book chronicles tuberculosis treatment at a specialized hospital from colonial to postcolonial times, and from the days when surgery and fresh air were common treatments to more recent times of chemotherapies and the HIV/tuberculosis coepidemic.

About the author

Christoph Gradmann is a professor of the history of medicine at the University of Oslo. He has published widely on the histories of infectious diseases, antibiotics, and global health. He is the author of Laboratory Disease: Robert Koch's Medical Bacteriology and a coeditor of Global Health and the New World Order: Historical and Anthropological Approaches to a Changing Regime of Governance.

Summary

Although one of the world’s deadliest diseases, tuberculosis today is confined to a small group of countries, including Tanzania. This book chronicles tuberculosis treatment at a specialized hospital from colonial to postcolonial times, and from the days when surgery and fresh air were common treatments to more recent times of chemotherapies and the HIV/tuberculosis coepidemic.

Product details

• Authors: Christoph Gradmann
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.06.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780821426326
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2632-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Perspectives on Global Health
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General