La tuberculosi en la literatura. Estudi de la malaltia a través de la novel·la europea (1850-1950)

Résumé

The study shows the reality of tuberculosis in medical, social and human field using as a source of information the European novel of the second half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. The aim of the study is to known the accuracy and reliability of pathological descriptions, the fidelity of the surgical procedures and medical therapies and the relationship between doctors and patients. Other issues such as the social environment of patients and psychological changes that accompanied the evolution of tuberculosis until the end of their lives has been studied. The last chapter is about sanatoriums or institutions created in the nineteenth century that existed until the advent of antibiotics. This thesis analyzes treatments prescribed in these centers, daily life, the relationship between internal attitudes and fears, possibilities to heal and return to normal life and the becoming of death