Yellow Fever and Public Health in the New South.

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The public health movement in the South began in the wake of a yellow fever epidemic that devastated the lower Mississippi Valley in 1878--a disaster that caused 20,000 deaths and financial losses of nearly 200 million. The full scale of the epidemic and the tentative, troubled southern response to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellis, John H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Temas:
1800-1899
Yellow fever > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Public health > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Fièvre jaune > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Santé publique > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
MEDICAL > History.
Public health
Yellow fever
Southern States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Preface; 1 Beginnings of the Public Health Movement; 2 The Necropolitan South; 3 The Epidemic of 1878; 4 The Quest for National Health Legislation; 5 The New Orleans Sanitary Association; 6 Tales of Romance from Memphis; 7 The Sanitary Question in Atlanta; 8 Public Health in the New South; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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