03666nam 2200685 a 450 991045455220332120200520144314.01-283-59814-097866139105920-8135-4594-310.36019/9780813545943(CKB)1000000000692380(EBL)380804(OCoLC)476210317(SSID)ssj0000241445(PQKBManifestationID)11924983(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241445(PQKBWorkID)10297686(PQKB)10334811(MiAaPQ)EBC380804(OCoLC)310963552(MdBmJHUP)muse23277(DE-B1597)541875(DE-B1597)9780813545943(Au-PeEL)EBL380804(CaPaEBR)ebr10264152(CaONFJC)MIL391059(EXLCZ)99100000000069238020070627d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSaving sickly children[electronic resource] the tuberculosis preventorium in American life, 1909-1970 /Cynthia A. ConnollyNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20081 online resource (200 p.)Critical issues in health and medicineDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-4267-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Child-saving in the United States -- Tuberculosis: a children's disease -- Founding the preventorium -- The preventorium goes nationwide -- Science and the preventorium -- Tuberculosis in the "world of tomorrow" -- Conclusion: saving children, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.Known as "The Great Killer" and "The White Plague," few diseases influenced American life as much as tuberculosis. Sufferers migrated to mountain or desert climates believed to ameliorate symptoms. Architects designed homes with sleeping porches and verandas so sufferers could spend time in the open air. The disease even developed its own consumer culture complete with invalid beds, spittoons, sputum collection devices, and disinfectants. The "preventorium," an institution designed to protect children from the ravages of the disease, emerged in this era of Progressive ideals in public health. In this book, Cynthia A. Connolly provides a provocative analysis of public health and family welfare through the lens of the tuberculosis preventorium. This unique facility was intended to prevent TB in indigent children from families labeled irresponsible or at risk for developing the disease. Yet, it also held deeply rooted assumptions about class, race, and ethnicity. Connolly goes further to explain how the child-saving themes embedded in the preventorium movement continue to shape children's health care delivery and family policy in the United States.Critical issues in health and medicine.Tuberculosis in childrenUnited StatesPreventionHistoryTuberculosisHospitalsUnited StatesHistoryChildrenHospitalsUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Tuberculosis in childrenPreventionHistory.TuberculosisHospitalsHistory.ChildrenHospitalsHistory.362.196/995Connolly Cynthia A(Cynthia Anne)1045847MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454552203321Saving sickly children2472409UNINA