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Bargaining for life : a social history of tuberculosis, 1876-1938 / Barbara Bates.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating RC309.P4 B38 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bates, Barbara, 1928-2002.
- Series:
- Studies in health, illness, and caregiving in America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tuberculosis--Pennsylvania--History.
- Tuberculosis.
- History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- x, 435 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1992]
- Summary:
- Using a wide range of sources, especially the extensive correspondence of a Philadelphia physician, Lawrence F. Flick, Barbara Bates portrays the lives of tuberculous men and women as they tried to cope with the illness, get treatment, earn their living, and maintain their social relationships.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [417]-422) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0812231201
- 081221367X
- OCLC:
- 24871066
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