At the Limits of Cure Books a man with the special

a man with the special ability to communicate directly with angels

unofficial psychologist

perfume is an affordable luxury

a woman watches the approximation of a scalping at a theatrical presentation

refused to accept her new stepmother

At the Limits of Cure Books a man with the specialDrawing on historical and ethnographic research on tuberculosis in India, Bharat Jayram Venkat explores what it means to be cured and what it means for a cure to be partial, temporary, or selectively effective. Can a history of cure be more than a history of how disease comes to an end? In 1950s Madras, an international team of researchers demonstrated that antibiotics were effective in treating tuberculosis. But just half a century later, reports out