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A Child of Sanitariums
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A Child of Sanitariums : A Memoir of Tuberculosis Survival and Lifelong Disability

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 0786459395
ISBN-13 9780786459391
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Sep 23rd, 2010
Print length 212 Pages
Weight 290 grams
Dimensions 22.30 x 14.90 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification: MemoirsCoping with disability
Ksh 3,750.00
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A memoir of a woman's experience with spinal tuberculosis in the 1930s. As well as describing her treatment and time in hospital, it recounts her later family life, her work both as a microbiologist, and as an advocate for minority groups.

This dramatic memoir recounts one woman''s experience with skeletal tuberculosis, which she contracted at the age of five in the 1930s. It recounts her next nine years living in tuberculosis sanatoriums where she underwent many treatments for the disease and was finally released when she was 14. Despite her subsequent disablement, she went on to marry and have three children, work as a micro-biologist, perform as a comedienne, and serve as an advocate for minority groups. By turns deeply affecting and hilarious, this memoir provides a glimpse into a still-dangerous disease and is a testament to the power of human perseverance and hope.


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