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"An enlightened interdisciplinary look at how genteel consumptives have evolved into medicalized tuberculosis 'cases.' Viewing illness as both a cultural and a physical phenomenon, Ott...considers perceptions of, and approaches to, pulmonary tuberculosis...Ott's integrated, well-drawn picture offers food for thought to those interested in history and - one dearly hopes - medicine."Ott, Katherine is the author of 'Fevered Lives Tuberculosis in American Culture Since 1870', published 1996 under ISBN 9780674299108 and ISBN 0674299108.
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