Building resistance : children, tuberculosis, and the Toronto sanatorium / Stacie Burke.
"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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| Language: | English |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2018]
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 554 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Issued also in electronic format. |
| Format: | Book |