A review by talonsontypewriters
Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History by Vidya Krishnan

informative medium-paced

2.75

interesting information, but horrendous organization thereof; I really do not think you needed to go into that much detail about the history of patent law. also, despite the title and blurb, covers a relatively limited period of time and geographical range in TB's history and isn't so much about how TB has shaped society as how systematic issues affect how TB patients are treated (important and interesting in and of itself, but not what the book is advertised as being about)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War