text The Black Angels : the untold story of the nurses who helped cure tuberculosis.
- Summary
- "During those dark pre-antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed one in seven people, white nurses at Sea View, New York's largest municipal hospital, began quitting. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black souther... Read more
- Contents
- A note to readers -- Remembrance of things past -- Part I : 1929-1935. The call for nurses ; The preacher's daughter ; The wager ; Harlem ; Contagion on the island ; The most agnificent institution ; The scourge ; Elke ; Vows ; The thoracoplasty ;... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xx, 428 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 610.72 SMI in Adult Non-fiction | In transit |
Seaview Hospital (Staten Island, New York, N.Y.)
African American nurses New York (State) New York Biography
Nurses New York (State) New York Biography
Tuberculosis Patients New York (State) New York
Epidemics New York (State) Biography
African Americans
Nursing
Tuberculosis
Black or African American
Nurses
Nursing
Tuberculosis
Infirmières noires américaines New York (État) New York Biographies
Infirmières New York (État) New York Biographies
Tuberculeux New York (État) New York
Épidémies New York (État) Biographies
Noirs américains
Infirmières
Soins infirmiers
Tuberculose
African American
nurses
nursing (health science)
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