The filth disease : typhoid fever and the practices of epidemiology in Victorian England /

"Typhoid fever is a food- and water-borne infectious disease that was insidious and omnipresent in Victorian Britain. It was one of the most prolific diseases of the Industrial Revolution. There was a palpable public anxiety about the disease in the Victorian era, no doubt fueled by media cover...

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Main Author: Steere-Williams, Jacob (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2020.
Series:Rochester studies in medical history.
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Online Access:CONNECT