Weariness, the Fever, and the Fret: The Campaign against Tuberculosis in Canada, 1900-1950
ISBN: 9780773567719
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Tuberculosis -- Canada -- History; Tuberculosis -- Canada -- Prevention;

An ancient disease which predates man, tuberculosis was one of the earliest chronic life-threatening diseases faced by Canadians. By 1900 "The White Plague" was the number one cause of death for Canadians between fifteen and forty-five years of age. Racked by incessant coughing, barely able to catch their breath, tuberculosis sufferers seemed to literally waste away.


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