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/&…
