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By William Johnston. 432 pp. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1995. $45. ISBN 0-674-57912-7.

The profound social effects of tuberculosis in Europe and America are familiar. The epidemic began about 1800, as urban crowding associated with the Industrial Revolution increased, and it leveled off as living conditions improved early in the 20th century. Similar industrialization reached Japan in about 1895, and the resulting tuberculosis epidemic followed a similar curve but did not level off until after World War II, with the arrival of effective antibiotic therapy.

In Japan, the near panic associated for a half-century with this untreatable disease cast a dreadful shadow on any family affected by it. As a result, no accurate . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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