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A Melancholy Scene of Devastation

A Melancholy Scene of Devastation The Public Response to the 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic

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Chronicling a 1793 health emergency in what was then the US capital, Estes (pharmacology, Boston U. School of Medicine) and Smith (history, Montana State U.) lead ten contributors in portraying the social and medical history of 18th-century urban America. The panicked public response to this epidemi

Book information

ISBN: 9780881351927
Publisher: Published for the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Library Company of Philadelphia by S
Imprint: Published for the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Library Company of Philadelphia by Science History Publications/USA
Pub date:
DEWEY: 614.541097481109033
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 211
Weight: 612g
Height: 247mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 25mm