Though tuberculosis as an epidemic threat has long passed from the American consciousness, the disease is regarded to have claimed one out of seven people who ever lived by the dawn of the 1800s─and ravaged the country indiscriminately over the 150 years that would follow. The profound impact that TB had upon our culture─and how and why, regardless, it has passed from memory─is examined in this "American Experience" presentation. 60 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH).
Though tuberculosis as an epidemic threat has long passed from the American consciousness, the disease is regarded to have claimed one out of seven people who ever lived by the dawn of the 1800s─and ravaged the country indiscriminately over the 150 years that would follow. The profound impact that TB had upon our culture─and how and why, regardless, it has passed from memory─is examined in this "American Experience" presentation. 60 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH).
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