Epidemics laid low : A History of what happened in rich countries /
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore:
The John Hopkins University Press,
2006
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Table of Contents:
- The plague era - Modernity: new concepts of the state and the body
- Cholera: the return of epidemic disease and the abandonment of traditional protective measures
- The "English System:" new methods gain acceptance
- The sanitary reform movement: from miasma theory to departments of health
- Vaccination: a powerful paradigm
- The era of spectacular victories
- The end of a dream?