The War Against Tuberculosis (Paperback)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, 2025

0271099224 / 9780271099224

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Paperback. In 1905, sanitary conditions in Pennsylvania were appalling. Thousands of children died of preventable and curable diseases, tens of thousands in the coal regions hacked themselves to death from black lung disease, and pollution in the commonwealths water killed tens of thousands more. In the wake of an alarming typhoid outbreak in Butler, the Pennsylvania legislature formed a modern state department of health. At its head was Samuel G. Dixon, who would rise to fame as one of the most respected public health experts of his day.While the legislation that created Pennsylvanias department of health cleared space for its aggressive action, it was Dixons deft political touch and keen insight that enabled the department to avoid destruction at the hands of a people notoriously hostile to government encroachment. As commissioner, Dixon constructed the worlds largest, most sophisticated system of tuberculosis controls, with thousands of beds in three great sanatoria. As his reputation grew, Dixon was recognized as one of the nations greatest public health reformers and a champion of technology as the answer to great societal problems. At the same time, Dixon was a eugenicist who helped author a marriage law prohibiting unions between the diseased, those with intellectual disabilities or psychiatric disorders, alcoholics, and the unfit."This compelling history of Pennsylvanias first commissioner of public health provides a fascinating view into the changes wrought by germ theory and the public health efforts that stemmed from it during the Progressive Era in the United States. The life of Samuel G. Dixon is a fascinating vantage from which to study the new science of bacteriology, laboratory research, eugenics, and the Progressive Era in Pennsylvania and beyond. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
The War Against Tuberculosis (Paperback)
Autore
James E. Higgins
Editore
Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0271099224
ISBN 13
9780271099224

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