Miasmas and Disease Public Health and Environment in the Pre-Industrial Age |
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| Author:
| Cipolla, Carlo M. |
| Translator:
| Potter, Elizabeth Gray |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-04806-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1992 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $47.00 |
Book Description:
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This book explores the themes of health, medicine, and the origins of infectious disease in pre-industrial Italy. Using the papers of the Magistrato alla Sanita, the Florence Health Magistracy, covering the first 30 years of the 17th century, the author recreates the ecological and medical environment of the Florentine countryside.
This book explores the themes of health, medicine, and the origins of infectious disease in pre-industrial Italy. Using the papers of the Magistrato alla Sanita, the Florence Health Magistracy, covering the first 30 years of the 17th century, the author recreates the ecological and medical environment of the Florentine countryside.