Arequipa Sanatorium: Life in California's Lung Resort for Women
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As San Francisco recovered from the devastating earthquake and fire of 1906, dust and ash filled the city's stuffy factories, stores, and classrooms. Dr. Philip King Brown noticed rising tuberculosis rates among the women who worked there, and he knew there were few places where they could get affordable treatment. In 1911, with the help of wealthy society women and his wife, Helen, a prot g of philanthropist Phoebe Apperson Hearst, Brown opened...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080616395X
ISBN13:9780806163956
Release Date:September 2019
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:302 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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