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Lazaretto : how Philadelphia used an unpopular quarantine based on disputed science to accommodate immigrants and prevent epidemics Cover Image

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Lazaretto : how Philadelphia used an unpopular quarantine based on disputed science to accommodate immigrants and prevent epidemics

Barnes, David S. (David Stepanek) 1962- (author.).

Summary: "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 quarantine house built in the United States, and one of the largest in the world"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781421446448
ISBN: 1421446448
ISBN: 9781421446455
ISBN: 1421446456
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString.july.24 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Formatted Contents Note:	List of illustrations -- Introduction. Grace under pressure, 1879 -- Part I. Struggling for survival, 1793-1803 -- 1. The nation's capital at rock bottom, 1793-1798 -- 2. Righteousness and desperation in 1799 -- 3. A new Lazaretto, 1800-1801 -- 4. Exodus (again) and compromise, 1802-1803 -- 5. A regime of vigilance "to banish from among us even the apprehension of disease" -- Part II. Managing the new normal, 1804-1847 -- 6. "Expedient" measures and rioting redemptioners, 1804 -- 7. A mischievous boy -- 8. "This Inhuman Traffic" -- 9. Fencing in Yellow Fever, 1820 -- 10. "Detained on account of her hides" -- 11. "Brought to our shores by the cupidity of others", 1847 -- 12. The care cure -- Part III. Crisis, statesmanship, and decline, 1853-1895 -- 13. "Gross and criminal negligence" at the Lazaretto,1853 -- 14. The darkest hour, 1870 -- 15. Quarantine, a political minefield -- 16. The final days, 1888-1895 -- 17. Afterlives -- Afterward. Did quarantine work? -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Project Muse, viewed on April 27, 2023).