Fortuine Robert (39 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "This is the final issue of Polar Notes, which was inaugurated in 1959."--Printed note on p. [1]. Top corner of p. [1] has stamp indicating that this volume was not accessioned by a Harvard University library; outer edges, p. [1] and back cover have some foxing; top of back cover has very small, circular, minor stain; top fore-edge corners have small crease; tight, text clean. 62 p. Contents: health care and the Alaska native: some historical perspectives -- cold glory: the values of polar exploration -- Eskimo music of the northern interior, Alaska -- dartmouth in the polar regions. Size: 9 x 6 inches [r b].…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Must We All Die?: Alaska's Enduring Struggle with Tuberculosis. Book.

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2006 Blue Softcover, VG+, the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in Alaska 1979-1978, ISBN 978-0-9773149-0-4, 150 pages.

Condition: Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is slightly soiled with the bottom edges of the wraps darkened. The head of the spine is creased. 87 pages. Very good. "This bibliography lists articles, monographs, and books relating to the health of the North American Eskimos. It includes studies on the Aleuts of Alaska, who are ethnically related to the Eskimos, but excludes consideration of the Arctic Indians.".…

Paperback. Condition: New. Alaska Natives have struggled with the 'white plague' of tuberculosis for centuries. At last, physician and historian Robert Fortuine brings their story to light. He provides a comprehensive account of tuberculosis from its earliest occurrence in prehistory through the latest outbreaks, made more threatening by HIV/AIDS. Fortuine describes the courage and self-sacrifice of itinerant nurses who endured challenging and often dangerous conditions, as well as the efforts of doctors who fought cuts in funding as valiantly as they battled for the lives of their patients. Fortuine chronicles the removal of tuberculosis victims, many of them children, from their families and villages to hospitals in the Lower 48 states. He describes treatments, medical advances, and day-to-day life for the nurses, physicians, missionaries and teachers who worked to stem the tide that killed and disabled thousands. The struggle against tuberculosis in Alaska is a story of triumph against untold suffering and crippling odds, but it is also a cautionary tale, as villages experience the re-emergence of an increasingly resistant disease in the twenty-first century.Must We All Die? is a timely and encyclopedic contribution to the history of medicine. Historians and health care professionals will hail the volume as a classic, a tribute to those who fought tuberculosis and to the Alaska Natives who endured a cruel disease that destroyed families and ravaged villages.…

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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good++. First Edition. University of Alaska Press, 1989, First Edition, 8vo., 393 pages. Map endpapers, illustrations/photos. Book and jacket in very good++ condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 264 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. near fine. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 393 pages. 8vo, gray boards with dark red lettering, dust wrapper. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, (1989). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good clean firm interior, no marks or inscriptions - cover also of very good appearance showing only very slight shelf wear, all tight and firm.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Previous owner's name on dust jacket blurb. "The book first presents a concise summary of the health aspects of traditional Alaskan cultures, then reconstructs the best available picture of the various deseases from which the people suffered up to the time of the first European contact. Next, the narrative follows the often uneven growth of health services in Alaska, from the ships' surgeons on the earliest voyages of exploration and the unique health care system of the Russian-American Company to the American medical missions in the hectic times of the Gold Rush. The final section provides sketches of certain health problems having a profound impact on Alaska history, including smallpox, influenza, syphilis, tuberculosis, and alcohol abuse." 393 pages. Keywords: ALASKA HISTORY ESKIMOS UNITED STATES.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Alaska Natives have struggled with the 'white plague' of tuberculosis for centuries. At last, physician and historian Robert Fortuine brings their story to light. He provides a comprehensive account of tuberculosis from its earliest occurrence in prehistory through the latest outbreaks, made more threatening by HIV/AIDS. Fortuine describes the courage and self-sacrifice of itinerant nurses who endured challenging and often dangerous conditions, as well as the efforts of doctors who fought cuts in funding as valiantly as they battled for the lives of their patients. > 'Must We All Die ' is an encyclopedic contribution to the history of medicine and a tribute to those who fought tuberculosis and to the Alaska Natives who endured a cruel disease that destroyed families and ravaged villages.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 393 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.