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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
1315600684 (electronic bk.)
9781315600680 (electronic bk.)
0754669580
0754697517
9780754669586
9780754697510
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages : : illustrations.)
Local Notes
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Description based on print version record.
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Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2024
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
History, 16th Century
History, 17th Century
Plague - history
Plague - therapy
Quarantine - history
Social Conditions - history
Urban Health Services - history
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