Quarantine! :: East European Jewish immigrants and the New York City epidemics of 1892 /

"The author traces the course of the typhus and cholera epidemics that swept through New York City in 1892. The story is told from the point of view of those involved: the public health doctors who diagnosed and treated those infected, the newspaper reporters who covered the stories, the govern...

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Main Author: Markel, Howard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
Edition:Updated edition.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"The author traces the course of the typhus and cholera epidemics that swept through New York City in 1892. The story is told from the point of view of those involved: the public health doctors who diagnosed and treated those infected, the newspaper reporters who covered the stories, the government officials who established and enforced policy, and, most importantly, the immigrants themselves who contracted the diseases"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 261 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781421443676
1421443678

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