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The bioarchaeology of tuberculosis : a global view on a reemerging disease / Charlotte A. Roberts and Jane E. Buikstra.
Van Pelt Library RA644.T7 R58 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Charlotte A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tuberculosis--History.
- Tuberculosis.
- History.
- Tuberculosis--Epidemiology.
- Paleopathology.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1. Reemerging Infectious Diseases: Tuberculosis Is One of Many 1
- 2. Tuberculosis: A Disease of Poverty and More 44
- 3. Tuberculosis in the Old World: Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence 87
- 4. Tuberculosis in the New World: An Interpretative Challenge 187
- 5. To Cure Sometimes, to Relieve Often, to Comfort Always: The Written and Illustrative Evidence for Tuberculosis, Its Diagnosis, and Its Treatment 214
- 6. The White Plague Continues 262.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-331) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813026431
- OCLC:
- 51755779
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