Spitting Blood

The History of Tuberculosis

Helen Bynum (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2012
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-954205-5 (ISBN)

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The story of tuberculosis is a rich and fascinating one. It is a complex and ancient disease that, after many years of virtual disappearance in the developed world, is now making something of a comeback. Helen Bynum tracks the historical development of the disease, and considers the challenges it presents to the modern world.

Tuberculosis is characterised 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 development of tuberculosis throughout the world, touching on the various discoveries that have emerged about the disease over time, and focussing on the experimental approaches of Rene Laennec (1781-1826) _ and Robert Koch (1842-1910). Bynum also examines the place tuberculosis holds in the popular imagination and its role in various forms of the dramatic arts. The story of tuberculosis since the 1950s is complex, and Bynum describes the picture emerging from the World Health Organization of the difficulties that attended the management of the disease in the developing world.
In the meantime, tuberculosis has emerged again in the West, both among the urban underclass and in association with a new infection - HIV. The disease has returned with a vengeance - in drug-resistant form. The story of tuberculosis is far from over.

Helen Bynum is a freelance historian and author of Tropical Medicine in the 20th Century. Together with William Bynum, she edited Great Discoveries in Medicine and the award winning Dictionary of Medical Biography (5 vols.).

Prologue: George Orwell (1903-1950) ; 1. Ancient Bacteria, Old Diseases ; 2. All With 'A Touch of Consumption'? ; 3. Tubercles, Airs, Waters and Places ; 4. Consumption's Fashionistas ; 5. Consumption becomes Tuberculosis ; 6. Design for Living ; 7. Tuberculosis and the Health of the Race ; 8. Streptomycin & co ; 9. A Job Half Done ; Epilogue: 'There is no Dypraxa'

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.12.2012
Zusatzinfo	Approximately 15 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	485 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10	0-19-954205-8 / 0199542058
ISBN-13	978-0-19-954205-5 / 9780199542055
Zustand	Neuware