Plague Hospitals Public Health for the City in Early Modern Venice |
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| Author:
| Crawshaw, Jane L. Stevens |
| Series title: | The History of Medicine in Context Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4094-7110-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $139.95 |
Book Description:
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Lazaretti, or plague hospitals, took on a central role in early modern responses to epidemic disease. An in-depth study of the Venetian lazaretti in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this book asks what these hospitals can tell us about early modern medicine and society.
Lazaretti, or plague hospitals, took on a central role in early modern responses to epidemic disease. An in-depth study of the Venetian lazaretti in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this book asks what these hospitals can tell us about early modern medicine and society.