Healing tuberculosis in the woods : medicine and science at the end of the nineteenth century / David L. Ellison. |
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| Author / Creator |
Ellison, David L., 1934- |
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| Imprint |
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994. |
| Description |
viii, 201 p. |
| Language |
English |
| Series |
Contributions in medical studies 0886-8220 ; no. 41 |
| Subject |
Trudeau, Edward Livingston, 1848-1915 Trudeau, Edward Livingston, 1848-1915 Tuberculosis -- History -- 19th century. Tuberculosis. History. |
| Format |
Print, Book |
| URL for this record |
http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1691760 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Trudeau's Early Life and Medical Training
- Trudeau's Personal Experience with Tuberculosis
- Changing Knowledge of Tuberculosis in the nineteenth century
- Trudeau's Reading Deciding How to Treat Patients
- Learning about the Tubercle
- Bacillus Attempts to Destroy the Bacillus
- Search for a Vaccine Salvaging Tuberculin
- Sanitorium and Out-Door Care
- The Evolution of Sanitarium Care
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
