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First published 2017
© Carolyn A. Day, 2017
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
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ISBN: HB: 978-1-3500-0938-7
PB: 978-1-3500-0937-0
ePDF: 978-1-3500-0939-4
ePub: 978-1-3500-0940-0
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Name: Day, Carolyn
Title: Consumptive chic : a history of beauty, fashion, and disease / Carolyn Day.
Description: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017006493| ISBN 9781350009370 (paperback) | ISBN 9781350009387 (hardback) | ISBN 9781350009400 (Epub) | ISBN 9781350009394 (Epdf)
Subject: LCSH: Tuberculosis—Social aspects. | Tuberculosis—History.
Classification: LCC RA644.T7 D39 2017 | DDC 362. 19699/5—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/
Cover design: Liron Gilenberg
Cover image: “Dropsy Courting Consumption.” Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson. (© Wellcome Library, London/Creative Commons)
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