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Plague hospitals public health for the city in early modern Venice
Author
Title
Plague hospitals [electronic resource] : public health for the city in early modern Venice / Jane L. Stevens Crawshaw.
ISBN
9781315600680 (electronic bk.)
1315600684 (electronic bk.)
9780754669586 (hardback : alkaline paper)
0754669580 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, [2012]
Copyright Notice Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages, [29] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Other formats
Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 04, 2020
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.
Also listed under
Taylor & Francis.
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