The Forgotten Plague: How the Battle Against Tuberculosis Was Won - And Lost

The Forgotten Plague

How the Battle Against Tuberculosis Was Won - And Lost

By
Frank Ryan
Frank Ryan
1993 • 492 pages

Ryan, a physician, offers a history of the cure for tuberculosis, including accounts of the people and scientists involved. The final chapter spells out a renewed threat in the congruence of AIDS and tuberculosis.

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