Bring Out Your Dead - The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793

"A brilliant and model treatment of one of the most macabre incidents in American History."--

Table des matières

List of Illustrations

Introduction to the 1993 Edition

Preface to the 1949 Edition

Acknowledgments

''A Merry, Sinful Summer''

Infection in Water Street

Fever, Domestic and Foreign

Prevention, Personal and Civic

Crisis

Panic

"This Excellent Physician"

Bush Hill

The Committee

"Sangrado"

The Fugitives

Height of the Plague October

Frost

Afterwards

Notes

Index

A propos de l'auteur

John Harvey Powell (1914-1971) graduated from Swarthmore College and earned his Ph.D. degree in American History at the University of Iowa. Kenneth R. Foster is Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Mary F. Jenkins is a Supervisory Park Ranger and Supervisor of the Dolley Todd Madison House and Visitor Center at Independence National Historical Park. Anna Coxe Toogood is Park Historian at Independence National Historical Park.

Résumé

"A brilliant and model treatment of one of the most macabre incidents in American History."--

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: J H Powell, J. H. Powell
• Edition: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.06.1993
• EAN: 9780812214239
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-1423-9
• Pages: 334
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 216 mm x 23 mm
• Poids: 481 g
• Thèmes: Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving; Studies in Health, Illness, &; Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving; Studies in Health, Illness, &; Studies in Health, Illness, an
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Spécialités cliniques