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"Drawing on historical and ethnographic research on tuberculosis in India, Bharat Jayram Venkat explores what it means to be cured and what it means for a cure to be partial, temporary, or selectively effective."--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Venkat, Bharat Jayram, 1984- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
Series:Critical global health.
Subjects:
Tuberculosis > India > History > 20th century.
Tuberculosis > Treatment > India.
Tuberculosis > India > Prevention.
Tuberculose > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Tuberculose > Traitement > Inde.
Tuberculose > Inde > Prévention.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis > Prevention.
Tuberculosis > Treatment.
India.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Incurability of Fantasy
  • To Cure an Earthquake
  • Cure Is Elsewhere
  • From Ash to Antibiotic
  • Wax and Wane
  • After the Romance Is Over
  • India after Antibiotics.