Can a history of cure be more than a history of how disease comes to an end? Through an anthropological history of tuberculosis treatment in India, Bharat Jayram Venkat examined what it means to be cured, and what it means for a cure to come undone. In his new book, At the Limits of Cure, Venkat provides a foundation for reimagining cure in a world of fading antibiotic efficacy.

For a long time considered a thing of the past, infectious diseases have once again become major public health threats. From the HIV/AIDS crisis to multidrug resistance and the Covid-19 pandemic, plagues continue to haunt the world. In Spectres de la tuberculose, Janina Kehr focuses on the fight against tuberculosis, one of the deadliest infectious diseases of the 21st century.

At this event, the two authors joined members of the Pulmonographies research team for a roundtable discussion.

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