Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers : Rabies, Medicine, and Society in an American Metropolis, 1840-1920 /

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"This book examines the social history of rabies in the context of New York City and its rapid urbanization from the mid-nineteenth century into the early twentieth century. With rabies as its example, the book sheds new light on the history of human-animal relationships, medical understanding...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wang, Jessica, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Zoonoses.
Rabies in dogs.
Rabies.
Public health.
Human-animal relationships.
Communicable diseases > Prevention.
Communicable diseases > Diagnosis.
Animal welfare.
Dogs.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
public health.
Chiens.
Sante publique.
Rage.
Relations homme-animal > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Sante publique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Maladies infectieuses > Prevention.
Zoonoses > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Rage > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Dogs
Public Health
Rabies
Animal welfare > New York (State) > New York > History.
Human-animal relationships > New York (State) > New York > History.
Public health > New York (State) > New York > History.
Communicable diseases > Diagnosis > New York (State) > New York > History.
Zoonoses > New York (State) > New York > History.
Rabies in dogs > New York (State) > New York > History.
Rabies > New York (State) > New York > History.
New York (State) > New York.
New York City
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dogs, humans, and the uses of urban space
  • Human and non-human suffering: from animal possession to the art of dying
  • Remedies and materia medica: medical authority, political culture, and empire
  • The lesion of doom: anatomical tradition and the problem of hydrophobia
  • A tale of three laboratories: rabies vaccination and the pasteurization of New York City
  • Dogs and the making of the American state: the politics of animal control.

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