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A Darkened House : Cholera in Nineteenth-Century Canada

In a fascinating and disturbing book, Geoffrey Bilson traces the story of the cholera epidemics as they ravaged the Canadas and the Atlantic colonies.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bilson, Geoffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1980.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1 'Scrape, wash and cleanse' -- 2 'Calculated to unman the ... strongest': Lower Canada 1832 -- 3 'Nothing is to be heard but the "Cholera"': Upper Canada 1832 -- 4 'The ravages ... has been kept hid': Canada 1834 -- 5 'Distance is no security': The Maritimes 1832-4 -- 6 'Ample room ... for further improvements': Later Epidemics -- 7 'Charlatanism of every description' -- 8 'Shortcomings ... exposed relentlessly' -- TABLES OF DEATHS -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY -- 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. 
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