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Phantom Plague : How Tuberculosis Shaped History

Phantom Plague : How Tuberculosis Shaped History

Krishnan, Vidya, author.
EAudiobook 2022

"The definitive social history of tuberculosis, from its origins as a haunting mystery to its modern reemergence that now threatens populations around the world. It killed novelist George Orwell, Eleanor Roosevelt, and millions of others - rich and poor. Desmond Tutu, Amitabh Bachchan, and Nelson Mandela survived it, just. For centuries, tuberculosis has ravaged cities and plagued the human body. In Phantom Plague, Vidya Krishnan, traces the h...

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Explore Topics & Themes:
Anti-Bacterial Agents history
Diseases and history
Humans
Latent Tuberculosis
MEDICAL / Public Health
Maladies et histoire
Medicine, Traditional history
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Patents as Topic history
Tuberculose
Tuberculose Histoire
Tuberculose Traitement Histoire
Tuberculose multirésistante
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis History
Tuberculosis Treatment
Tuberculosis Treatment History
Tuberculosis history
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
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ISBN:
9781549136085
Description:
1 sound file : digital
digital
digital stereo
audio file
Other Title:
How tuberculosis shaped history
Notes:
Electronic audio file
Electronic reproduction. New York Hachette Audio 2022 Available via World Wide Web
Contents:
Introduction
Part 1. The grave of Mercy Brown
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, savior of mothers
The man problem
The doctor from Southsea
Part 2. Inside building number 10
Antibiotic apocalypse, on the move
Shreya
The cursed duet
Part 3. Wretched of the earth
Patents versus patients
The business of dying
The phantom plague and the missing millions
Clinical deserts
Control Number:
3399070
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OverDrive, Inc., distributor
Overdrive
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