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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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Main Author: Barnes, David S., (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
Subjects and Genres:
Quarantine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Epidemics > Prevention > History.
Immigrants > Health and hygiene > United States > History.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > 19th century.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
United States.
History.
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