Lazaretto :: how Philadelphia used an unpopular quarantine based on disputed science to accommodate immigrants and prevent epidemics /

"This book tells the compelling story of public health efforts in 19th-century Philadelphia directed at preventing the outbreak of epidemics of cholera, yellow fever, and other diseases. It is a story about quarantine set against the background of the Philadelphia Lazaretto, the first quarantin...

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Main Author: Barnes, David S. (David Stepanek), 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2023]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"This book tells the compelling story of public health efforts in 19th-century Philadelphia directed at preventing the outbreak of epidemics of cholera, yellow fever, and other diseases. It is a story about quarantine set against the background of the Philadelphia Lazaretto, the first quarantine house built in the United States, and one of the largest in the world"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1421446456
9781421446455

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