Hives of Sickness: Public Health and Epidemics in New York City Pdf

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Release: 1995-03-01
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0813521580
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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An 1865 report on public health in New York painted a grim picture of "high brick blocks and closely-packed houses . . . literally hives of sickness" propagating epidemics of cholera, smallpox, typhoid, typhus, and yellow fever, which swept through the whole city. In this stimulating collection of essays, nine historians of American medicine explore New York's responses to its public health crises from colonial times to the present. The essays illustrate the relationship between the disease environment of New York and changes in housing, population, social conditions, and the success of medical science, linking such factors to New York's experiences with smallpox, polio, and AIDS. The volume is essential reading for anyone interested in American public health and the social history of New York. The volume is essential reading for anyone interested in American public health and the social history of New York. The contributors are Ronald Bayer, Elizabeth Blackmar, Gretchen A. Condran, El Download Hives of Sickness for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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