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100 1 a| Barnes, David S.q| (David Stepanek),d| 1962-e| author.=| ^A366437;

245 10 a| Lazaretto :b| how Philadelphia used an unpopular quarantine based on disputed science to accommodate immigrants and prevent epidemics /c| David Barnes.;

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300 a| 1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) :b| illustrations;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index;

505 0 a| List of illustrations -- Introduction. Grace under pressure, 1879 -- Part I. Struggling for survival, 1793-1803 -- 1. The nation's capital at rock bottom, 1793-1798 -- 2. Righteousness and desperation in 1799 -- 3. A new Lazaretto, 1800-1801 -- 4. Exodus (again) and compromise, 1802-1803 -- 5. A regime of vigilance "to banish from among us even the apprehension of disease" -- Part II. Managing the new normal, 1804-1847 -- 6. "Expedient" measures and rioting redemptioners, 1804 -- 7. A mischievous boy -- 8. "This Inhuman Traffic" -- 9. Fencing in Yellow Fever, 1820 -- 10. "Detained on account of her hides" -- 11. "Brought to our shores by the cupidity of others", 1847 -- 12. The care cure -- Part III. Crisis, statesmanship, and decline, 1853-1895 -- 13. "Gross and criminal negligence" at the Lazaretto,1853 -- 14. The darkest hour, 1870 -- 15. Quarantine, a political minefield -- 16. The final days, 1888-1895 -- 17. Afterlives -- Afterward. Did quarantine work? -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.;

520 a| "This book tells the compelling story of public health efforts in 19th-century Philadelphia directed at preventing the outbreak of epidemics of cholera, yellow fever, and other diseases. It is a story about quarantine set against the background of the Philadelphia Lazaretto, the first quarantine house built in the United States, and one of the largest in the world"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Lazaretto : how Philadelphia used an unpopular quarantine based on disputed science to accommodate immigrants and prevent epidemics / David Barnes.

Author/creator	Barnes, David S., 1962- author.
Format	Electronic
Publication	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2023]
Copyright Date	©2023
Description	1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental Content	Direct link to eBook
Subjects	Quarantine--Pennsylvania. --Philadelphia. --History. Epidemics--Prevention. --History. Immigrants--Health and hygiene. --United States. --History. Medicine--History. --18th century. Quarantine--history. Epidemics--history. Epidemics--prevention & control. Emigrants and Immigrants--history. History, 18th Century. History, 19th Century. Philadelphia (Pa.)--History. --19th century. Philadelphia.

Contents	List of illustrations -- Introduction. Grace under pressure, 1879 -- Part I. Struggling for survival, 1793-1803 -- 1. The nation's capital at rock bottom, 1793-1798 -- 2. Righteousness and desperation in 1799 -- 3. A new Lazaretto, 1800-1801 -- 4. Exodus (again) and compromise, 1802-1803 -- 5. A regime of vigilance "to banish from among us even the apprehension of disease" -- Part II. Managing the new normal, 1804-1847 -- 6. "Expedient" measures and rioting redemptioners, 1804 -- 7. A mischievous boy -- 8. "This Inhuman Traffic" -- 9. Fencing in Yellow Fever, 1820 -- 10. "Detained on account of her hides" -- 11. "Brought to our shores by the cupidity of others", 1847 -- 12. The care cure -- Part III. Crisis, statesmanship, and decline, 1853-1895 -- 13. "Gross and criminal negligence" at the Lazaretto,1853 -- 14. The darkest hour, 1870 -- 15. Quarantine, a political minefield -- 16. The final days, 1888-1895 -- 17. Afterlives -- Afterward. Did quarantine work? -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract	"This book tells the compelling story of public health efforts in 19th-century Philadelphia directed at preventing the outbreak of epidemics of cholera, yellow fever, and other diseases. It is a story about quarantine set against the background of the Philadelphia Lazaretto, the first quarantine house built in the United States, and one of the largest in the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index
Source of description	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Project Muse, viewed on April 27, 2023).
Issued in other form	Print version: Barnes, David S. (David Stepanek), 1962- Lazaretto. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023 9781421446448
ISBN	1421446456 (electronic book)
ISBN	9781421446455 (electronic bk.)

Lazaretto : how Philadelphia used an unpopular quarantine based on disputed science to accommodate immigrants and prevent epidemics / David Barnes.

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