• Living in the Shadow of Death Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness in American History

     

    Essays4 History, Culture

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'Living in the Shadow of Death Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness ', 1.
  • Essays 'Living in the Shadow of Death Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness ', 2.
  • Essays 'Living in the Shadow of Death Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness ', 3.
  • Essays 'Living in the Shadow of Death Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness ', 4.
Extract

Living in the Shadow of Death
Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness in American History
Book Outline:
Part I
The Invalid Experience: New England Men, 1810-1860
I .<Tab/>The Dreaded Disease
<Tab/>A. Origin in Greece
B.<Tab/>Consumption America's Deadliest Disease
1.<Tab/>"The Great White Plague"
2.<Tab/>Disease takes one out of five deaths
C.<Tab/>Disease of the Chest <Tab/>
a.<Tab/>Confusion and hysteria
b.<Tab/>Early medicine
D.<Tab/&…

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