Living in the Shadow of Death Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness in American History

Living in the Shadow of Death
Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness in American History
Book Outline:
Part I
The Invalid Experience: New England Men, 1810-1860
I .<Tab/>The Dreaded Disease
<Tab/>A. Origin in Greece
B.<Tab/>Consumption America's Deadliest Disease
1.<Tab/>"The Great White Plague"
2.<Tab/>Disease takes one out of five deaths
C.<Tab/>Disease of the Chest <Tab/>
a.<Tab/>Confusion and hysteria
b.<Tab/>Early medicine
D.<Tab/&…