The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

By Maria Smilios

Categories: Health, Fitness & Dieting, History

The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis is by Maria Smilios. The book follows the Black nurses, many of them from the American South, who worked at Sea View Hospital on Staten Island in the 1930s and 1940s, when white nurses refused the dangerous work. They cared for patients during the search for a cure and took part in trials of new drugs that changed the treatment of tuberculosis, despite racism and risk to their lives.

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• John Green: “My favorite tuberculosis book of the year, and yes I have a favorite tuberculosis book of the year, is The Black Angels by Maria Smilios. This is a great great gift for anybody who's interested in history.”