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Richard Melzer

Sanatoriums of New Mexico

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Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, the White Plague, or simply TB, was the number-one killer in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many physicians of the era advised their patients to chase the cure for tuberculosis in the Southwest, where the region's clean, dry, fresh air, high altitude, and sunshine offered relief for most and recovery for some. New Mexico, called the well country, was particularly eager to promote itself as a mecca for lungers with the coming of the railroad to the territory in 1880 and the creation of many new hospitals, known as sanitariums or sanatoriums (sans), which specialized in the… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-5316-7604-9
  • EAN: 9781531676049
  • Produktnummer: 19873515
  • Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 130 S.
  • Masse: H25.0 cm x B17.5 cm x D1.1 cm 419 g
  • Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 419

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