The ailing city : health, tuberculosis, and culture in Buenos Aires, 1870-1950 / Diego Armus.

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2011.

x, 416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

People with tuberculosis looking for cures -- From being sick to becoming a patient -- Unruly and well-adjusted patients -- The fight against tuberculosis and the culture of hygiene -- The obsession with contagion -- A disease of excesses -- Immigration, race, and tuberculosis -- A female disease -- Forging the healthy body : physical education, soccer, childhood, and tuberculosis -- Tuberculosis and regeneration : imagined cities, green spaces, and hygienic housing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.