Title Maritime quarantine : the British experience, c.1650-1900 / John Booker

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 624 pages) : illustrations, maps Series History of medicine in context History of medicine in context Contents 1. The seventeenth century -- 2. The Baltic crisis, 1709-1714 : policy and procedure -- 3. The Baltic crisis, 1709-1714 : mercantile worries -- 4. The Marseilles crisis, 1720-1723 -- 5. Gibraltar and Minorea, 1720-1814 -- 6. The Messina crisis, and legislation, 1728-1754 -- 7. Indecision in Britain, 1756-1788 -- 8. The foul-bill dilemma, 1786-1800 -- 9. Land or sea? The Lazaretto debate, 1793-1800 -- 10. British Board of Health and Kentish fiasco, 1803-1820 -- 11. Malta : war, peace and plague, 1640-1814 -- 12. Anti-contagionism in Britain, 1805-1825 -- 13. Malta and the Ionian islands, 1815-1826 -- 14. Mediterranean misery, plus cholera, 1825-1835 -- 15. International deliberation, 1835-1853 -- 16. Malta, 1826-1851, and the demise of quarantine Notes "First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing"--Title page verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Quarantine -- Great Britain -- History Communicable diseases -- Great Britain -- Prevention -- History Naval hygiene -- Great Britain -- History Medicine -- History -- 17th century. Medicine -- History -- 18th century. Quarantine -- history History, 17th Century History, 18th Century History, 19th Century Naval Medicine -- history MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. MEDICAL -- Public Health. Medicine Communicable diseases -- Prevention Naval hygiene Quarantine SUBJECT United Kingdom Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781315249704 1315249707 9781351919852 1351919857

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