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"Public health travelogue highlighting places that have figured prominently in efforts to combat tuberculosis. The railroad journey begins in Washington, D.C., and proceeds to Saranac Lake, New York, where Edward Livingston Trudeau developed modern treatment methods, and California, a state who...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : National Tuberculosis Association, [1936?]
Series:American history in video.
Subjects:
National Tuberculosis Association.
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculose.
Documentary.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Streaming videos.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Courts métrages.
Films autres que de fiction.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:"Public health travelogue highlighting places that have figured prominently in efforts to combat tuberculosis. The railroad journey begins in Washington, D.C., and proceeds to Saranac Lake, New York, where Edward Livingston Trudeau developed modern treatment methods, and California, a state whose healthy climate attracts recuperating patients. Along the way, the film discusses the infection and death rate of different ethnic and racial groups and includesfootage of mobile clinics serving African American communities in the South."--Field guide to sponsored films, R. Prelinger.
Physical Description:1 online resource (20 min.).