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The cholera years : the United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosenberg, Charles E.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1987]
Subjects:
Cholera > United States > History > 19th century.
Cholera > history.
Disease Outbreaks > history.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The epidemic : 1832
  • 2. God's justice?
  • 3. Or man's injustice?
  • 4. The medical profession I
  • 5. aldermen and cholera
  • 6. The epidemic : 1849
  • 7. Religion, science, and progress
  • 8. The nature of poverty and the prevention of disease
  • 9. The medical profession II
  • 10. America after the war
  • 11. The Metropolitan Board of Health
  • 12. The gospel of public health
  • 13. Conclusion : the way we live now.