Cholera in Detroit A History |
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| Author:
| Adler, Richard |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-7479-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95USD $4.00 |
Book Description:
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During the mid to late 19th century, Detroit and the American Midwest were the sites of five major cholera epidemics, in 1832, 1834, 1849, 1854 and 1866, ultimately resulting in the deaths of hundreds of individuals. Only the efforts of local health authorities prevented mortality from reaching the level of that in other cities along the Mississippi. This book is the story of those outbreaks and the efforts to control them.
During the mid to late 19th century, Detroit and the American Midwest were the sites of five major cholera epidemics, in 1832, 1834, 1849, 1854 and 1866, ultimately resulting in the deaths of hundreds of individuals. Only the efforts of local health authorities prevented mortality from reaching the level of that in other cities along the Mississippi. This book is the story of those outbreaks and the efforts to control them.