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The White Plague
Tuberculosis, Man and Society
Rene and Jean Dubos
Softbound
277 pages with complete index
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Date Published: January, 1987
DuBos et al examine the social aspects of the TB epidemic, along with some of the biological factors.
They show how TB was romaticized, how it was portrayed as a demon coming to rob the healthy of life,
and how it sparked scientific invention - in particular the stethescope.
The book has been gently read, and the pages are clean and bright with gentle light wear to it's cover.
Order by ITEM #BKS-140-07
PRICE: $14.95
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