Contagion and Confinement
Contagion and Confinement

Author: Barron H. Lerner

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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In Contagion and Confinement, Barron H. Lerner offers the first in-depth look at the history of tuberculosis control in the antibiotic era, providing a vital account of this neglected chapter in the history of the disease. He argues that the new antibiotic drugs, rather than being a simple panacea, actually highlighted the complex social problems that continued to predispose people to tuberculosis and interfere with its treatment.

Bulletin
Bulletin

Author: Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City

Publisher:

Published: 1901

Total Pages: 596

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The Progressive Era's Health Reform Movement
The Progressive Era's Health Reform Movement

Author: Ruth Clifford Engs

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2003-02-28

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 0313051852

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Religious, political, social, and health reform earmarked the Progressive Era. The era's health reform movement—like today's clean living movement—saw campaigns against alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and sexuality. It included crusades for exercise, vegetarian diets, and alternative health care and concerns about eugenics and new diseases. Covering the years leading up to the Progressive Era through the 1920s, this book provides entries on the central figures, events, crusades, legislation, publications and terms of the health reform movements, while a detailed timeline ties health reform to political, social, and religious movements. A valuable resource for scholars, students, and laymen interested in earlier health reform movements.