robert fortuine (39 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condición: 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].

Condición: New. Brand New.

paperback. Condición: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Condición: New.

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

paperback. Condición: Good. Softcover book some wear to cover and book edges.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hard Binding. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good -. First edition. Ex. library copy, protected by mylar cover. Very clean.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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

Condición: 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. Condición: 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.

Condición: New. 2006. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . .

Trade Paperback. Condición: Good+. This is in good plus condition as the covers and spine have light to moderate wear, there is very light soiling to the page edges and there is a very small stain, more like a spot on the fore edges and the pages are clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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

Condición: New. 2024. paperback. . . . . .

Condición: New. 2006. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condición: as new. pbk 87pp decorated prospectus laid inan unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked as new.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good++. Estado de la sobrecubierta: 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. Condición: New. Special order direct from the distributor.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Light wear to dust jacket, text is unmarked.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New. 2024. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

HARDCOVER.University of Alaska Press, Anchorage, Alaska, 1989 First edition Octavo in English. Signed by the author. xvi, 393 pages. Original grey cloth binding with maroon lettering to cover and spine. Map endpapers. Grey dustjacket with with medical symbols in black and black lettering to cover and spine. Illustrations (24), Foreward, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 18 chapters in three parts. Epilogue, References Cited, Author Index, Subject Index at rear. Four listed maps. Part 1, Health of Alaska Natives, Part 2, Health and Early History of Alaska, and Part 3, Special Health Problems in Early Alaskan History. Illustration are in black and white. Book in near fine condition with slight overall wear, inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the half-title page. Dustjacket near fine similar light wear. See photographs. Book 4831 location 1-4.

Condición: New.

hardcover. Condición: near fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: 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.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. Tight, bright, clean copy with no markings inside or out.

Soft cover. Condición: 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.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 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. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.