Epidemics laid low : a history of what happened in rich countries / Patrice Bourdelais ; translated by Bart K. Holland.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.Edition: [English-language ed.]Description: xiv, 176 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:- 080188294X
- 0801882958
- 9780801882951
- Épidémies terrassées.
- English
- 614.4 22 BOU
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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?
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167) and index.
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