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An account of the history of stranger's fever in Charleston, 1699-1876, M. Foster Farley

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An account of the history of stranger's fever in Charleston, 1699-1876, M. Foster Farley
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
portraitsillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
An account of the history of stranger's fever in Charleston, 1699-1876
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
5470709
Responsibility statement
M. Foster Farley
Summary
The history of yellow fever in Charleston, S.C
Table Of Contents
Introduction: physicians and diseases -- Eighteenth century Charleston -- The epidemics -- Treatment -- Nineteenth century medicine: 1800-1860 -- Nineteenth century Charleston: 1800-1860 -- Ante-bellum epidemics: 1800-1849 -- The fateful fifties -- 1854 -- 1856 -- 1858 -- Nostrums and cures -- Miasmata and the quarantine -- Charleston: Civil War and after -- Civil War epidemics -- Last epidemics and finding the cause -- Conclusion
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