Cholera in Detroit
A History
Seiten
2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7479-0 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7479-0 (ISBN)
During the mid- to late 19th century, Detroit and the American Midwest were the sites of five major cholera epidemics. The first of these, the 1832 outbreak, was of particular significance--an unexpected consequence of the Black Hawk War. In order to suppress the Native American uprising then taking place in regions around present-day Illinois, General Winfield Scott had been ordered by President Andrew Jackson to transport his troops from Virginia to the Midwest. While passing through New York State the men were exposed to cholera, transmitting the disease to the population of Detroit once they reached that city. As a result, cholera was established as an endemic disease in the upper Midwest. Further outbreaks took place in 1834, 1849, 1854 and 1866, ultimately resulting in the deaths of hundreds of individuals. This book is the story of those outbreaks and the efforts to control them.
Richard Adler is a professor of microbiology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He has written five other books and numerous professional articles as well as works for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. From India to America
2. Cholera Crosses the Border
3. Cholera Among the Troops
4. Detroit, Vintage 1832
5. Detroit, Cholera and the Black Hawk War: Events
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6. Cholera Returns: 1834
7. Between the Cholera “Wars”
8. The Epidemic of 1849
9. Epidemic of 1854
10. Epidemic of 1866: New York, Detroit and Beyond
11. The 1870s and Beyond
12. Isolation and Identification of the Cholera Bacillus
13. Aftermath
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Zusatzinfo | 24 photos, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 308 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-7479-3 / 0786474793 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-7479-0 / 9780786474790 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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