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As developments in medicine gave rise to germ theory and other improvements, more middle-class patients came to be institutionalized. Burke takes us through the history of the institution, explores the effects of social and scientific changes, and examines the social context and health of children and their families. The book contains much detail, including both science and social dimensions, but overall is quite accessible. Recommended. Choice

""As developments in medicine gave rise to germ theory and other improvements, more middle-class patients came to be institutionalized. Burke takes us through the history of the institution, explores the effects of social and scientific changes, and examines the social context and health of children and their families. The book contains much detail, including both science and social dimensions, but overall is quite accessible. Recommended."" Choice ""Stacie Burke's in-depth qualitative study is an excellent, authoritative and very readable addition to the growing historiography of childhood tuberculosis and the lived experience of tuberculosis among child sanatorium patients. [The] reopening of this sanatorium for scrutiny by twenty-first century scholars is both timely and enlightening."" Social History of Medicine ""Building Resistance provides an interesting and detailed examination of how children experienced the sanatorium, and how the sanatorium understood children's tuberculosis."" Bulletin of the History of Medicine ""As an elaborate guide to the source material and as an informative case study of a children's sanatorium, this book deserves lavish praise."" Journal of Interdisciplinary History ""Based on more than eight hundred patient charts held by the sanatorium’s successor institution, Building Resistance provides an interesting and detailed examination of how children experienced the sanatorium, and how the sanatorium understood children’s ""The Toronto sanatorium was the first institution in Canada (and reputedly worldwide) to dedicate buildings exclusively for infants and children. At its height, it provided 124 beds but was redundant by 1970. Stacie Burke's reopening of this sanatorium fo

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Stacie Burke is associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba.

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