Title: Healing tuberculosis in the woods : medicine and science at the end of the nineteenth century /
Authors: Ellison, David L.; Milwaukee Academy of Medicine.
Publisher: Greenwood Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Trudeau, Edward Livingston.; Trudeau, Edward Livingston,; Trudeau, Edward Livingston,; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary history; History, 19th Century; Physicians; Tuberculosis History; United States
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Trudeau's Early Life and Medical Training -- 3. Trudeau's Personal Experience with Tuberculosis -- 4. Changing Knowledge of Tuberculosis in the Nineteenth Century -- 5. Trudeau's Reading -- 6. Deciding How to Treat Patients -- 7. Learning about the Tubercle Bacillus -- 8. Attempts to Destroy the Bacillus -- 9. Search for a Vaccine -- 10. Salvaging Tuberculin -- 11. Sanitorium and Outdoor Care -- 12. The Evolution of Sanitorium Care -- 13. The "Disappearance" of Tuberculosis.