Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Tuberculosis and the Beginnings of Change, 1876-1903
7. 1. Doctor Flick and Tuberculosis 11
8. 2. The Quest and the Treatment 25
9. 3. Helping Poor Consumptives 42
10. 4. Life as a Patient 59
11. 5. A Camp in the Mountains: The Beginnings of the White Haven Sanatorium 75
12. Part II. New Systems of Care, 1903—1917
13. 6. Research, Training, and Patient Care: The Henry Phipps Institute 97
14. 7. Achievement and Disappointment at the Institute 116
15. 8. Expansion at White Haven 135
16. 9. Economy, Charity, and the State 152
17. 10. The Private Sanatoriums 173
18. 11. Attention, Care, and Doctor's Orders: Tuberculosis Nursing 197
19. 12. The Final Years of George E. Macklin 214
20. 13. Into the Homes, Minds, and Lives of the Poor: Visiting Nurses 231
21. 14. Persuasion, Choice, and Circumstance 250
22. Part III. Adjustments and Compromise, 1914—1938
23. 15. Waiting Lists and Empty Beds 269
24. 16. “P.S. I Am ... Colored” 288
25. Part IV. A Retrospective View
26. 17. The Decline of Tuberculosis 313
27. 18. Conclusions and Epilogue 328
28. Notes 341
29. Bibliography of Selected Secondary Sources 417
30. Index 423