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Fever hospital : a history of Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital / W.K. Anderson.
Van Pelt Library RA992.3.M4 A53 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, W. K. (William Keys), 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fairfield Hospital (Victoria)--History.
- Fairfield Hospital (Victoria).
- Communicable diseases--Hospitals--Australia--Melbourne (Vic.)--History.
- Communicable diseases.
- Communicable diseases--Hospitals.
- History.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- This thoroughly researched history records the work and achievements of Fairfield Hospital from its opening in 1904 to its closure amid controversy and protest in 1996. This history of Fairfield Hospital is also a history of the treatment of infectious diseases in Victoria in the 20th century and is a significant chapter in the history of Australia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-264) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0522849644
- OCLC:
- 50165422
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