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The White Death: A History Of Tuberculosis
Thomas Dormandy
Editions
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ISBN Number |
Price |
Buy |
| hbk |
Hambledon |
1852851694 |
£25.00 |
n/a | | pbk |
Hambledon |
1852853328 |
£12.95 |
n/a |
Review
What do Keats, Chopin, the King of Rome, Vivien Leigh, Munch and George Orwell have in common? And the model for Botticelli’s Venus and the tragic heroine of La Traviata? Tuberculosis. This is as much a work of social history as medical history; an account of the disease’s pathology, symptoms and treatment, but also of its vast cultural impact. Dormandy’s style is lively, his range of reference astonishing. This is a surprising, absorbing, and disquieting book. - review by Johnny de Falbe
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