The modern epidemic : : a history of tuberculosis in Japan / / William Johnston.
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| Superior document: | Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 162 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 1995. Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 1995. |
| Year of Publication: | 1995 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian Monographs ;
162. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Epidemics in History
- What is Tuberculosis?
- Prelude to a Plague
- The Epidemic: Peak, Plateau, and Decline
- Tuberculosis as an Object of Stigma
- Tuberculosis in Modern Japanese Literature
- State Hygiene in Meiji Japan
- The Promise of Medical Science
- The Disease as Outlaw: 1900-1920
- The State Takes Control
- Health, the State, and the Modern Epidemic
- Mortality Statistics for Consumption and Tuberculosis in Japan, 1886-1989
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Harvard East Asian Monographs.