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The Epidemic Streets: Infectious Diseases and the Rise of Preventive Medicine 1856-1900 Hardy, Anne (Lecturer, Lecturer, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London)
The Epidemic Streets: Infectious Diseases and the Rise of Preventive Medicine 1856-1900
Hardy, Anne (Lecturer, Lecturer, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London)
A study of death and disease in the 19th century, and how Victorian society coped with infectious disease. A century ago whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever and many other diseases ravaged millions of families and made life desperately uncertain.
338 pages, figures, tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 16, 1993 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198203773 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 338 |
| Dimensions | 165 × 241 × 24 mm · 653 g |
| Language | English |