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Tuberculosis - Patients

Images

  • A tuberculosis patient undergoing an examination, Cuba: a doctor is shown examining the face of a patient, seated at a dispensary examination table. Photograph, 1902.
  • A nun supporting a sick child; representing the work of the Herwonnen Levenskracht movement in helping tuberculous children. Colour lithograph by M. Wiegman, ca. 1930.
  • A soldier sick with tuberculosis lying exhausted on a day-bed, attended by a nurse holding a bowl. Colour lithograph by A. Roll, ca. 1918.
  • A doctor's instruments, a chest x-ray, and taking blood samples: choosing treatment for tuberculosis in Kenya. Colour lithograph by KAPTLD, 2009.
  • Cohn-Barnard Sanitarium, Martinsville, Indiana: patients (and staff?) Photograph by Vista Studio, 1926/1929 (?).
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Tuberculosis in India : a case of innovation and control / Nora Engel.

    Engel, Nora | Date: 2015
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    A soldier sick with tuberculosis lying exhausted on a day-bed, attended by a nurse holding a bowl. Colour lithograph by A. Roll, ca. 1918.

    Roll, Alfred Philippe, 1846-1919. | Date: [1918?] | Reference: 2858018i
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    Tuberculosis patients lying on their beds in a crowded tuberculosis hospital; advertising a tombola in aid of tuberculosis sufferers in L'Hérault, France. Colour lithograph, ca. 1933.

    | Date: [1933?] | Reference: 659414i
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    Black Notley blues : diary of a teenage TB patient, 1958-1959 / Chris Dell.

    Dell, Chris | Date: 2013
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    Cohn-Barnard Sanitarium, Martinsville, Indiana: patients (and staff?) Photograph by Vista Studio, 1926/1929 (?).

    Vista Studio (Martinsville, Ind.) | Date: [1926/1929?] | Reference: 46959i
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