Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis, Paperback - Helen Bynum

DescriptionTuberculosis is characterized as a social disease and few have been more inextricably linked with human history. There is evidence from ...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Helen BynumIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, black and white; 30 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 352P...

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