Feldberg, Georgina D.,  1956- <br/><br/>
Disease and class :  tuberculosis and the shaping of modern North American society / 
Georgina D. Feldberg. 
 - New Brunswick, N.J. :  Rutgers University Press,  �1995. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Health and medicine in American society .
 - Health and medicine in American society. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-265) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : Tuberculosis as a different kind of disease -- Disease and the agrarian order : tuberculosis before Koch -- Coping with Koch's challenges : bacteria, biologics, and the economy of disease, 1880-1915 -- Spit and polish : the middle-class crusade to build resistance, 1900-1925 -- Medicine, science, and the national interest : American responses to the BCG vaccine in the 1920s -- For cows, boys, and Indians : North American trials of BCG, 1924-1946 -- "Not a substitute for approved hygienic measures" : BCG and the postwar campaign against tuberculosis -- Conclusion : Restoring history to understand the resurgence of tuberculosis. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0585031169 9780585031163 9780813522173 081352217X 9780813522180 0813522188 0813568250 9780813568256 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>95015169  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tuberculosis--Government policy--History.--United States<br/>Tuberculosis--Government policy--History.--Canada<br/>Tuberculosis--history.<br/>Tuberculosis--prevention & control.<br/>BCG Vaccine--history.<br/>MEDICAL--Preventive Medicine.<br/>MEDICAL--Forensic Medicine.<br/>MEDICAL--Public Health.<br/>Tuberculosis--Government policy.<br/>Infectious Diseases.<br/>Medicine.<br/>Health & Biological Sciences.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>North America.<br/>Canada.<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC310.5  / .F45 1995eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>614.5/42/0973 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WF 11 DA2 F3d 1995