Part One: The Captain of All These Men of Death
From the 1800s to the 1950s American waged a furious,
full-scale war against an enemy that measured only one 25,000th
of an inch. The enemy was a bacterium, and the disease it caused,
tuberculosis, was the number one cause of death, not only in America,
but in the world.
The first film chronicles the 19th century discovery
of the tubercle bacillus, and recounts the many ways society attempted
to cure the disease, including the American sanatorium movement.
Part Two: The Gospel of Health
The second film tells the dramatic story of the
discovery of drugs that could be effectively used to cure tuberculosis,
and shows how this tenacious disease, curable and highly preventable,
continues to be a major public health challenge today.
Films can be ordered separately or together
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Potts Memorial Fund
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For the Humanities
