Yellow fever & public health in the New South /

"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 respo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellis, John H. (John Hubert), 1931-2008 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1992]
Temas:
1800-1899
Yellow fever > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Public health > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Public Health > history
Yellow Fever > history
Fièvre jaune > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Santé publique > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Public health.
Yellow fever.
Southeastern United States
Southern States.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beginnings of the public health movement
  • The necropolitan South
  • The epidemic of 1-- The quest for national health legislation
  • The New Orleans Sanitary Association
  • Tales of romance from Memphis
  • The sanitary question in Atlanta
  • Public health in the New South.

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