Author: Thomas Dormandy
Edition: 1st
Publisher: New York University Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0814719279
The White Death: A History of Tuberculosis
The victims of tuberculosis (usually known as consumption) included not only Keats, The Brontës, Chopin and Chekhov, but members of almost every family. Medical books The White Death. It was a killer on a huge scale.
The White Death is an outstanding history of tuberculosis. Thomas Dormandy's engrossing account of the search for a cure is complemented by a description of its complex natural history and by portraits of individual sufferers, including writers, artists, and musicians, whose lives and work were shaped (and often tragically curtailed) by the disease. But, tuberculosis is not just a disease of the past Medical books The White Death: Tragedy And Heroism In An Avalanche Zone, Jenkins, Mckay, Good. payment | shipping rates | returns The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone Product Category :Books ISBN :037550303X Title :The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone EAN :9780375503030 Authors :Jenkins, Mckay Binding :Hardcover Publisher :Random House Publication Date :2000-02-15 Pages :256 Signed :False First Edition :False Dust Jacket :False List Price (MSRP) :23.95 Height :1.0000 inches Width :6.2000 inches Length :9.3000 inches Weight :1.2500 pounds Conditio
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In 1969, five young men from Montana set out to accomplish what no one had before: to scale the sheer north face of Mt. Cleveland, Glacier National Park's tallest mountain, in winter. Two days later tragedy struck: they were buried in an avalanche so deep that their bodies would not be discovered until the following June. "The White Death" is the riveting account of that fated climb and of the breathtakingly heroic rescue attempt that ensued. of photos. *Author: Jenkins, McKay *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pages: 272 *Publication Date: 2001/02/13 *Language: English *Dimensions: 8.12 x 5.
Powered by Frooition Pro Click here to view full size. Full Size Image Click to close full size. The White Death - Book NEW Author(s): McKay Jenkins Format: Paperback # Pages: Unknown ISBN-13: 9780385720779 Published: 02/01/2001 Language: English Weight: 0.56 pounds A colorful history of humankind's relationship with a natural disaster explores Hannibal's loss of eighteen thousand men to an avalanche, Austria's use of avalanches as a weapon during World War I, and a recent tragedy that buried f
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Medical Book The White Death
It was a killer on a huge scale.
The White Death is an outstanding history of tuberculosis. Thomas Dormandy's engrossing account of the search for a cure is complemented by a description of its complex natural history and by portraits of individual sufferers, including writers, artists, and musicians, whose lives and work were shaped (and often tragically curtailed) by the disease. But, tuberculosis is not just a disease of the past. In many parts of the world it is still a bigger killer than AIDS, while in America and Europe drug-resistant strains threaten its resurgence.
