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• catalog abstract ""Racked by incessant coughing, barely able to catch their breath, tuberculosis sufferers seemed to literally waste away. By 1900 the "White Plague" was the number one cause of death for Canadians between fifteen and forty-five years of age. In The Weariness, the Fever, and the Fret Katherine McCuaig takes an in-depth look at the campaign against TB, from its beginnings as part of the turn-of-the-twentieth-century urban social reform movement to the 1950s and the discovery of antibiotics that could cure it. Fighting the disease meant not only eliminating the germ but attacking the underlying social problems that eased its spread - alcoholism, poverty, and poor working conditions. The battle against TB influenced the way in which health services were established while also encouraging demands for medicare. Book jacket."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11168230.
• catalog created "1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
• catalog description ""Racked by incessant coughing, barely able to catch their breath, tuberculosis sufferers seemed to literally waste away. By 1900 the "White Plague" was the number one cause of death for Canadians between fifteen and forty-five years of age. In The Weariness, the Fever, and the Fret Katherine McCuaig takes an in-depth look at the campaign against TB, from its beginnings as part of the turn-of-the-twentieth-century urban social reform movement to the 1950s and the discovery of antibiotics that could cure it. Fighting the disease meant not only eliminating the germ but attacking the underlying social problems that eased its spread - alcoholism, poverty, and poor working conditions. The battle against TB influenced the way in which health services were established while also encouraging demands for medicare. Book jacket."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "1. The Social Reform Era, 1900-1914: A Social Disease with a Medical Aspect -- 2. Tuberculosis and the Great War -- 3. The Interwar Years: A Medical Disease with a Social Aspect -- 4. The Interwar Years: The Changing Role of Volunteers -- 5. The Interwar Years: The Role of the State -- 6. Childhood Tuberculosis -- 7. Tuberculosis and World War 2 -- 8. The Triumph of Technology, Bacteriology, and Scientific Management -- 9. The Disease and the Campaign: A Reflection of Twentieth-Century Social Philosophy -- 10. Conclusion -- App. 1. Tuberculosis Institutions in Canada -- App. 2. Funding the Tuberculosis Campaign -- App. 3. Preventive Work and Tuberculosis Mortality.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-378) and index.".
• catalog extent "xx, 384 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0773518339 (bound) :".
• catalog identifier "0773518754 (pbk.) :".
• catalog isPartOf "McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 8".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press,".
• catalog spatial "Canada".
• catalog spatial "Canada.".
• catalog subject "2001 I-687".
• catalog subject "362.1/96995/00971 21".
• catalog subject "History, 20th Century Canada.".
• catalog subject "RC314 .M336 1999".
• catalog subject "Tuberculosis Canada History.".
• catalog subject "Tuberculosis Canada Prevention.".
• catalog subject "Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Canada History.".
• catalog subject "WF 11 DC2 M478w 1999".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The Social Reform Era, 1900-1914: A Social Disease with a Medical Aspect -- 2. Tuberculosis and the Great War -- 3. The Interwar Years: A Medical Disease with a Social Aspect -- 4. The Interwar Years: The Changing Role of Volunteers -- 5. The Interwar Years: The Role of the State -- 6. Childhood Tuberculosis -- 7. Tuberculosis and World War 2 -- 8. The Triumph of Technology, Bacteriology, and Scientific Management -- 9. The Disease and the Campaign: A Reflection of Twentieth-Century Social Philosophy -- 10. Conclusion -- App. 1. Tuberculosis Institutions in Canada -- App. 2. Funding the Tuberculosis Campaign -- App. 3. Preventive Work and Tuberculosis Mortality.".
• catalog title "The weariness, the fever and the fret : the campaign against tuberculosis in Canada, 1900-1950 / Katherine McCuaig.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".