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--
- | Author: David S. Barnes
- | Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- | Publication Date: May 09, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 312 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1421446448
- | ISBN-13: 9781421446448