A good overview of the history of TB, with not enough science for my taste--it mentioned things like dormant state TB and skin tests but didn't explain them. Did a shite job with immunology and why putting dead bits of the bacteria can help make us better, too.We can put as much--or more--actual sci...
Mmmm. Mighty good plague history. I like that the authors covered the social impact of the disease, as well as the medical research, and the technological innovations. Very well done. I learned a ton about TB that I never knew before, which is the point. And a good addition giving pronunciations in ...
An excellent "biography" of the dreaded disease told from the perspectives of both science and social history. Not as gripping a narrative as An American Plague but still quite fascinating.
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