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Plague hospitals : public health for the city in early modern Venice
Author
Title
Plague hospitals : public health for the city in early modern Venice / Jane L. Stevens Crawshaw.
ISBN
9780754669586 (hardback : alkaline paper)
0754669580 (hardback : alkaline paper)
9780754697510 (ebook)
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, [2012]
Copyright Notice Date
©2012
Physical Description
xiv, 290 pages, [29] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 03, 2013
Series
The history of medicine in context
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"From a Distance It Looks Like a Castle" : First Impressions and Architectural Design
The Sick-Poor
"Abandon Hope, All You Who Enter Here" : Experiences of the Staff and the Patients' Daily Routine
Syrups and Secrets : Treating the Plague
Dying in the Lazaretti
Returning to the City
Epilogue.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Hospitals, Isolation - history.
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