Eternal Enemy
By Bill Banning
()
About this ebook
The young man in this story contracted TB in 1943 while serving in the Royal Navy before any effective treatment became available when its victims were confined to TB Hospitals or sanatoria for months on end until they either recovered to the extent that they were no longer contagious, or died..
He was not finally cured until 1957 when he underwent surgery and completed a course of the drugs which had by then were in common use. His experiences therefore covered a significant period in the treatment of the greatest ever scourge of humanity.
The story also shows how TB transformed the lives as well as causing the deaths of its victims and how, although it sometimes faded and became dormant, it invariably returned with the fear of infection ever present among friends, family and anyone knowingly coming close to a `consumptive. Even when not contagious it was a stigma which caused distress and rejection.
It also tells of the life of a `consumptive between his months of `incarceration.
Bill Banning
Born in Penge South East London, May 1925, Bill Banning left Alexandra Elementary School in 1938 as war threatened. He worked for a scrap metal merchant salvaging steel and aluminium for building battleships and Spitfires and for an electrical engineering firm making electric motors before joining the Royal Navy In late 1943 he was discharged with TB and spent two periods totaling 20 months in a TB Hospital and a Sanatorium. In 1947 he married and having recovered, worked as electrician in the Construction Industry until December 1956 when the disease broke out again. He underwent surgery, was treated with modern drugs and cured. He later served as Trade Union Official for Electrical, Electronic and Plumbing Trades Union, National Officer for the British Airline Pilots Association and National Organiser for the National Union of Licensed Victualers. At 78 he read Philosophy at Birmingham University.
Related to Eternal Enemy
Related ebooks
Sketches of the War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDreams That Drip Murder Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe World is Dead Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Meaning of Fyfe: The 70's Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDancer in the Garden: The Complete Collection with 18 Additional True Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhite Is Black Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSir Arthur Conan Doyle The Dover Reader Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDancer in the Garden Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Backwash of War: An Account of a First World War Field Hospital Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Doctor of Sorts: In Peace and in War Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5From A Surgeon's Diary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Savant's Vendetta Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Doctor Therne Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA War Nurse’s Diary; Sketches From A Belgian Field Hospital [Illustrated Edition] Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Telegram Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDoctor Therne Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Backwash of War: The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwo classic novels INTJ will love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSherlock Holmes: A Study In Scarlet (AD Classic Illustrated) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crossing Borders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Backwash of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Paramédico Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Harry's Game: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Woodman book 1 (The Roads of Hell) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study in Scarlet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Toff and the Sleepy Cowboy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRound The Red Lamp (1894) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThrough Forests and Mountains Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Biography & Memoir For You
A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jack Reacher Reading Order: The Complete Lee Child’s Reading List Of Jack Reacher Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Girls Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ivy League Counterfeiter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5People, Places, Things: My Human Landmarks Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leonardo da Vinci Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers: Spiritual Insights from the World's Most Beloved Neighbor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Wright Brothers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Taste: My Life Through Food Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Eating Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mommie Dearest Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Reviews for Eternal Enemy
0 ratings0 reviews