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Spitting blood : the history of tuberculosis / Helen Bynum.

Author: Bynum, Helen.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Descriptionxxviii, 320 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Note:Prologue: George Orwell (1903-1950) -- Ancient Bacteria, Old Diseases -- All with 'A Touch of Consumption'? -- Tubercles, Airs, Waters, and Places -- Consumption's Fashionistas -- Consumption Becomes Tuberculosis -- Design for Living -- Tuberculosis and the Health of the Race -- Streptomycin & Co -- A Job Half Done -- Epilogue: 'There Is No Dypraxa'.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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