Lazaretto: How Philadelphia Used An Unpopular Quarantine Based On Disputed Science To Accommodate Immigrants And Prevent Epidemics

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