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First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), xiv, 433pp. 21 b&w plates. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 1852851694.
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First Uk edition Hambledon Press first impression 1999. xiv+433 pages. Illustrated. Cloth. Very good indeed in dustjacket. This is a history of tuberculosis, including its social, artistic and human impact. Thomas Dormandy's account of the search for the cure is complemented by a description of its complex natural history; portraits of individual sufferers, including writers, artists and musicians, whose lives were shaped (and often curtailed) by the disease. Tuberculosis is not 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. Please ask to see our other "Death Studies" titles in stock.