Saving sickly children : the tuberculosis preventorium in American life, 1909-1970 / Cynthia A. Connolly.

By:

Connolly, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Anne)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Critical issues in health and medicinePublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 182 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813545943
0813545943
0813542677
9780813542676

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Saving sickly children.DDC classification:

362.196/995 22

LOC classification:

RC312.6.C4 C66 2008eb

NLM classification:

WF 415

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Child-saving in the United States -- Tuberculosis: a children's disease -- Founding the preventorium -- The preventorium goes nationwide -- Science and the preventorium -- Tuberculosis in the "world of tomorrow" -- Conclusion: saving children, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Summary: Known as "The Great Killer" and "The White Plague," few diseases influenced American life as much as tuberculosis. Sufferers migrated to mountain or desert climates believed to ameliorate symptoms. Architects designed homes with sleeping porches and verandas so sufferers could spend time in the open air. The disease even developed its own consumer culture complete with invalid beds, spittoons, sputum collection devices, and disinfectants. The "preventorium," an institution designed to protect children from the ravages of the disease, emerged in this era of Progres.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Known as "The Great Killer" and "The White Plague," few diseases influenced American life as much as tuberculosis. Sufferers migrated to mountain or desert climates believed to ameliorate symptoms. Architects designed homes with sleeping porches and verandas so sufferers could spend time in the open air. The disease even developed its own consumer culture complete with invalid beds, spittoons, sputum collection devices, and disinfectants. The "preventorium," an institution designed to protect children from the ravages of the disease, emerged in this era of Progres.

In English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650