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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barnes, David S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Quarantine.
Immigrants > Health and hygiene.
Epidemics > Prevention.
History, 19th Century.
History, 18th Century.
Emigrants and Immigrants > history.
Epidemics > prevention & control.
Epidemics > history.
Quarantine > history.
Immigrants > Health and hygiene > United States > History.
Epidemics > Prevention > History.
Quarantine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
United States.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Nation's Capital at Rock Bottom, 1793-1798
  • Righteousness and Desperation in 1799
  • A New Lazaretto, 1800-1801
  • Exodus (Again) and Compromise, 1802-1803
  • A Regime of Vigilance "to Banish from Among Us Even the Apprehension of Disease"
  • "Expedient" Measures and Rioting Redemptioners, 1804
  • A Mischievous Boy
  • "This Inhuman Traffic"
  • Fencing Off Neighborhoods
  • "Detained On Account of Her Hides"
  • "Brought to Our Shores by the Cupidity of Others"
  • The Care Cure
  • "Gross and Criminal Negligence" at the Lazaretto,1853
  • The Darkest Hour
  • Quarantine, a Political Minefield
  • The Final Days, 1888-1895
  • Afterlives.

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