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- Bargaining for Life: A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press
- Series: Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
summary
Tuberculosis was the most common cause of death in the United States during the nineteenth century. The lingering illness devastated the lives of patients and families, and by the turn of the century, fears of infectiousness compounded their anguish. Historians have usually focused on the changing medical knowledge of tuberculosis or on the social campaigns to combat it.
Using a wide range of sources, especially the extensive correspondence of a Philadelphia physician, Lawrence F. Flick, in Bargaining for Life Barbara Bates documents the human story by chronicling how men and women attempted to cope with the illness, get treatment, earn their living, and maintain social relationships.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-vi
- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- Part I. Tuberculosis and the Beginnings of Change, 1876–1903
- 1. Doctor Flick and Tuberculosis
- pp. 11-24
- 2. The Quest and the Treatment
- pp. 25-41
- 3. Helping Poor Consumptives
- pp. 42-58
- 4. Life as a Patient
- pp. 59-74
- Part II. New Systems of Care, 1903–1917
- 8. Expansion at White Haven
- pp. 135-151
- 9. Economy, Charity, and the State
- pp. 152-172
- 10. The Private Sanatoriums
- pp. 173-196
- 12. The Final Years of George E. Macklin
- pp. 214-230
- 14. Persuasion, Choice, and Circumstance
- pp. 250-266
- Part III. Adjustments and Compromise, 1914–1938
- 15. Waiting Lists and Empty Beds
- pp. 269-287
- 16. "P.S. I Am ... Colored"
- pp. 288-310
- Part IV. A Retrospective View
- 17. The Decline of Tuberculosis
- pp. 313-327
- 18. Conclusions and Epilogue
- pp. 328-340
- Bibliography of Selected Secondary Sources
- pp. 417-422
Additional Information
ISBN
9781512800296
Related ISBN(s)
9780812231205
MARC Record
OCLC
610113744
Pages
456
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1992