At the Limits of Cure

by Bharat Jayram Venkat

Book Overview

Can a history of cure be more than a history of how disease comes to an end? In 1950s Madras, an international team of researchers demonstrated that antibiotics were effective in treating tuberculosis. But just half a century later, reports out of Mumbai stoked fears about the spread of totally drug-resistant strains of the disease. Had the curable become incurable? Through an anthropological history of tuberculosis treatment in India, Bharat Jayram...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478014725
• ISBN13: 9781478014720
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"