Building resistance : children, tuberculosis, and the Toronto sanatorium / Stacie Burke.

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"In 1882, Robert Koch determined that tuberculosis was an infectious disease caused by a bacterium. In Canada, tuberculosis was a widespread, endemic disease and many children were infected in their youth, often within their family homes. Ongoing concerns led to the rise of modern, scientific hospit...

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Main Author:	Burke, Stacie, 1970- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Tuberculosis in children > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century. Tuberculosis > Treatment > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century. Sanatoriums > Ontario > Toronto > History > 20th century. MEDICAL / Internal Medicine. Sanatoriums. Tuberculosis in children. Tuberculosis > Treatment. Ontario > Toronto. Child, Hospitalized > history. Hospitals, Chronic Disease > history. Tuberculosis > history. History, 20th Century. Ontario. 1900-1999 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xvii, 554 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Issued also in electronic format.
Format:	Book

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