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Spitting Blood: The history of tuberculosis
Helen Bynum
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Tuberculosis is characterized as a social disease and few have been more inextricably linked with human history. There is evidence from the archaeological record that Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its human hosts have been together for a very long time. The very mention of tuberculosis brings to mind romantic images of great literary figures pouring out their souls in creative works as their bodies were being decimated by consumption. It is a disease that at various times has had a certain glamour associated with it. From the medieval period to the modern day, Helen Bynum explores the history and ... Read more
Tuberculosis is characterized as a social disease and few have been more inextricably linked with human history. There is evidence from the archaeological record that Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its human hosts have been together for a very long time. The very mention of tuberculosis brings to mind romantic images of great literary figures pouring out their souls in creative works as their bodies were being decimated by consumption. It is a disease that at various times has had a certain glamour associated with it. From the medieval period to the modern day, Helen Bynum explores the history and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
259g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198727514
SKU
V9780198727514
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About Helen Bynum
Helen Bynum is a freelance historian of medicine and a former researcher for Wellcome. She is the author of Tropical Medicine in the 20th century. Together with Bill Bynum, they have edited the award winning Dictionary of Medical Biography (5 vols).
Reviews for Spitting Blood: The history of tuberculosis
This is an ideal overview for the general reader that will also be of interest to historians.
Network Review, David Lorimer
Helen Bynum has written a book not only full of diverting asides but also of urgent importance.
Richard Horton, Guardian
Highly recommended.
M.L. Charleroy, CHOICE
Network Review, David Lorimer
Helen Bynum has written a book not only full of diverting asides but also of urgent importance.
Richard Horton, Guardian
Highly recommended.
M.L. Charleroy, CHOICE