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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Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2023.
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Pennsylvania Room
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UPA/Ph RA667.P4 B37 2023 |
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