A Darkened House : Cholera in Nineteenth-Century Canada

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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.
Temas:
Public health.
Cholera.
Sante publique > Canada > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Cholera > Canada > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Public health > Canada > History > 19th century.
Cholera > Canada > History > 19th century.
Canada.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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