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Hives of Sickness - Public Health and Epidemics in New York City (Hardcover, New)
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Hives of Sickness - Public Health and Epidemics in New York City (Hardcover, New)
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An 1865 report on public health in New York painted a grim picture
of "high brick blocks and closely-packed houses . . . literally
hives of sickness" propagating epidemics of cholera, smallpox,
typhoid, typhus, and yellow fever, which swept through the whole
city. In this stimulating collection of essays, nine historians of
American medicine explore New York's responses to its public health
crises from colonial times to the present. The essays illustrate
the relationship between the disease environment of New York and
changes in housing, population, social conditions, and the success
of medical science, linking such factors to New York's experiences
with smallpox, polio, and AIDS. The volume is essential reading for
anyone interested in American public health and the social history
of New York. The volume is essential reading for anyone interested
in American public health and the social history of New York. The
contributors are Ronald Bayer, Elizabeth Blackmar, Gretchen A.
Condran, Elizabeth Fee, Daniel M. Fox, Evelynn M. Hammonds, Alan M.
Kraut, Judith Walzer Leavitt, and Naomi Rogers. David Rosner is a
professor of history at Baruch College and The Graduate School of
the City University of New York. Robert R. Macdonald is the
director of the Museum of the City of New York.
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