Topic: Tuberculosis
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Summer 2026 Biblioscopy
New books highlighting illness poetry, the toll on compassion extracted during medical training, and the emotional burden of illness on family members
Consumptive Heroines: Opera and TB with Drs Linda and Michael Hutcheon
This podcast explores tuberculosis’ impact on opera, focusing on La Traviata and La Bohème, examining medical and cultural influences.
Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
A narrative exploring tuberculosis through history, inequality, medical progress, and global injustice.
Cold Eye, Warm Heart: Medicine and Anton Chekhov
A moving portrait of Anton Chekhov, whose dual life as physician and writer reveals the deep interplay between healing and storytelling.
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk
A Gothic, feminist horror novel blending folklore, philosophy, and suspense in a tuberculosis sanatorium before World War I.
Beautifier or Destroyer: Tuberculosis in Two Paintings
Art reveals how tuberculosis intertwines with societal perceptions, from suffering and destruction to the convergence of illness and beauty ideals.
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