Authoritative tuberculosis resource for the early 20th century.
This directory compiles institutions, associations, and agencies across the United States and Canada that dealt with tuberculosis, offering a practical reference for researchers, professionals, and interested readers.
This edition highlights institutional expansion, new Canadian sections, and the growing role of education and public health in fighting tuberculosis. It presents how agencies organize, legislate, and coordinate care—from sanatoria and hospitals to dispensaries and schools—in a historical context that shaped the national response.
- Comprehensive listings of sanatoria, hospitals, day camps, and other facilities, with notes on purpose and scope.
- Insights into how associations and governments organized prevention, care, and education.
- Context on the evolving structure of public health efforts and regional responsibilities.
- Historical perspectives on the drive to improve care for advanced cases and children.
Ideal for historians, researchers, librarians, and anyone studying the early organized fight against tuberculosis in North America. The book serves as a reference point for understanding the era’s public health campaigns and institutional development.