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Plague hospitals : public health for the city in early modern Venice / by Jane L. Stevens Crawshaw.
Van Pelt Library RC178.I92 V463 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crawshaw, Jane L. Stevens.
- Series:
- History of medicine in context
- The history of medicine in context
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plague--Italy--Venice--History--16th century.
- Plague.
- Plague--Italy--Venice--History--17th century.
- Plague--Treatment--Italy--Venice--History.
- Social medicine--Italy--Venice--History.
- Social medicine.
- Public hospitals--Italy--Venice--History--16th century.
- Public hospitals.
- Public hospitals--Italy--Venice--History--17th century.
- Public health--Italy--Venice--History--16th century.
- Public health.
- Public health--Italy--Venice--History--17th century.
- Plague--history.
- Public Health--history.
- Quarantine--history.
- Hospitals, Isolation--history.
- History.
- Plague--Treatment.
- Venice (Italy)--Social conditions--16th century.
- Venice (Italy).
- Venice (Italy)--Social conditions--17th century.
- Italy--Venice.
- Medical Subjects:
- Plague--history.
- Public Health--history.
- Quarantine--history.
- Hospitals, Isolation--history.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, 2012.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780754669586
- 0754669580
- OCLC:
- 801810251
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