DVD
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The forgotten plague
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Narrated by Michael Murphy.
Publication Information
[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 60 minutes) : sound, color, ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
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Summary
By the dawn of the nineteenth century, tuberculosis had killed one in seven of all the people who had ever lived. The disease struck America with a vengeance, ravaging communities and touching the lives of almost every family. The battle against the deadly bacteria had a profound and lasting impact on the country, It shaped medical and scientific pursuits, social habits, economic development, western expansion, and government policy. The story is told through the remembrances of those who lived--and were cured--at tuberculosis sanatoriums, along with historians and scientists.
Notes
Title from container.
Based in part on the book "Living in the shadow of death" by Sheila Rothman.
Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2015.