Tuberculosis in Town: Mobility of Patients in Montreal, 1925–1950

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Tuberculosis in Town: Mobility of Patients in Montreal, 1925–1950
Abstract
In the second quarter of the twentieth century, the ideal management of tuberculosis called for confinement and immobilization of the patient over a span of one or more years. At the same time, North American cities were being redeveloped in ways that promoted great personal mobility. From a compilation of 300 cases of tuberculosis patients in Montreal, the authors explore the contradictory pressures on urban working people, the resistance they mounted, and the coping strategies their families used to maintain much-needed mobility. Professionals' prescriptions for isolation and immobilization were undermined by a scarcity of resources for public action, producing a gulf between the ideals of modern public health and the realities of urban life.
Publication
Histoire sociale/Social History
Volume
Vol. 42
Issue
no. 83
Pages
69-106
Date
May 2009
Language
en
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Poutanen, Mary Anne, Sherry Olson, Raphael Fischler, and Kevin Schwartzman. “Tuberculosis in Town: Mobility of Patients in Montreal, 1925–1950.” Histoire sociale/Social History Vol. 42, no. 83 (May 2009): 69–106. http://hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/view/38762.
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