The epidemic streets : infectious disease and the rise of preventive medicine, 1856-1900
Hardy, Anne, 1953-2003
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This title provides a study of death and disease in the 19th century, and how Victorian society coped with infectious disease. It tells how a century ago whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever and many other diseases ravaged millions of families and made life desperately uncertain.
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Author:
Hardy, Anne, 1953-, author
Imprint:
Oxford : Clarendon Press, [1993]©1993
Collation:
xii, 325 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780198203773 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
803208
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