Forty Days - Quarantine and the Traveller, C. 1700 C. 1900

This book provides a timely reminder that no traveller in past centuries could return from the East without spending up to forty days in a 'lazaretto' to ensure that no symptoms of plague were developing. It will appeal to all those interested in the history of medicine and the history of travel.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Reasons, Regimes and Routes 2. Quarantine: the Social Leveller 3. First Impressions 4. Passing the Time 5. Reckoning and Departure Gazetteer: Quarantine Stations and Lazarettos

About the author

Dr. John Booker, F.R.Hist.S., is an independent scholar based in Devon.

Summary

This book provides a timely reminder that no traveller in past centuries could return from the East without spending up to forty days in a ‘lazaretto’ to ensure that no symptoms of plague were developing. It will appeal to all those interested in the history of medicine and the history of travel.

Product details

• Authors: John Booker
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032050355
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205035-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: The History of Medicine in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; History, Epidemiology & medical statistics, HISTORY / General, MEDICAL / Biostatistics, MEDICAL / Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Medical statistics