Tuberculosis (TB) is widely seen as a disease that is endemic across the world, but also one that has developed new strains that threaten to explode in epidemic proportions. Tuberculosis: A Short History, edited by staff of the Centre for Global Health Histories, Drs Alexander Medcalf, Monica Saavedra and Prof. Sanjoy Bhattacharya, and Dr Henrice Altink of the University of York Department of History, focuses on the history of TB’s impact and the efforts to control it from the nineteenth century up until the present day.
The publication showcases images from the archives, as well as chapter introductions by leading academics: Dr Helen Bynum introduces tuberculosis as an ancient and deadly foe, Professor Christoph Gradmann explores Robert Koch and the Tubercule Bacillus, Dr Niels Brimnes examines the global tuberculosis programme of the World Health Organization, Dr Henrice Altink charts TB in the British Empire, and members of the WHO Stop TB Department present a short history of drug-resistant TB.
A downloable copy is available – click the following link and follow the instructions TB-A Short History (PDF 
, 6,861kb).
Read in HCS Manguinhos:
Herrero, Maria Belen and Carbonetti, Adrian. La mortalidad por tuberculosis en Argentina a lo largo del siglo XX. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Jun 2013, vol.20, no.2, p.521-536. ISSN 0104-5970
Ortega Martos, Antonio Miguel. ¿Colonialismo biomédico o autonomía de lo local? Sanadores tradicionales contra la tuberculosis. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dic 2010, vol.17, no.4, p.909-924. ISSN 0104-5970
Álvarez, Adriana. La experiencia de ser un ‘niño débil y enfermo’ lejos de su hogar: el caso del Asilo Marítimo, Mar del Plata (1893-1920). Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Mar 2010, vol.17, no.1, p.13-31. ISSN 0104-5970
Carbonetti, Adrián Carlos Alfredo. La tuberculosis en la literatura argentina: tres ejemplos a través de la novela el cuento y la poesía. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Feb 2000, vol.6, no.3, p.479-492. ISSN 0104-5970
Armus, Diego. Milonguitas” en Buenos Aires (1910-1940): tango, ascenso social y tuberculosis. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2002, vol.9, p.187-207. ISSN 0104-5970
