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The Epidemic Streets: Infectious Diseases and the Rise of Preventive Medicine, 1856-1900

AUTHOR Hardy, Hart; Hardy, Hart; Hardy, Hart et al.
PUBLISHER OUP Oxford (12/16/1993)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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Anne Hardy has drawn on a wide range of public health records for a detailed epidemiological investigation of the many infectious diseases--whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, smallpox, typhus, typhoid, and tuberculosis--in Victorian society. Hardy explores factors which helped to reduce fatality, focusing particularly on preventive medicine, and on the local and domestic circumstances affecting the diseases' behavior. This is a significant contribution to the historical debate that arose from Thomas McKeown's theory of modern population growth.
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ISBN-13: 9780198203773
ISBN-10: 0198203772
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 338
Carton Quantity: 24
Product Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.81 x 9.21 inches
Weight: 1.44 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Medical | Preventive Medicine
Medical | Europe - Great Britain - General
Medical | History
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Reading Level: 0
Point Value: 0
Guided Reading Level: Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal: 614.442
Library of Congress Control Number: 93028155
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Anne Hardy has drawn on a wide range of public health records for a detailed epidemiological investigation of the many infectious diseases--whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, smallpox, typhus, typhoid, and tuberculosis--in Victorian society. Hardy explores factors which helped to reduce fatality, focusing particularly on preventive medicine, and on the local and domestic circumstances affecting the diseases' behavior. This is a significant contribution to the historical debate that arose from Thomas McKeown's theory of modern population growth.
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