Title: Epidemic : a collision of power, privilege, and public health /
Authors: DeKok, David.
Publisher: Lyons Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Morris, William T.; Morris, William T. Influence.; Cornell University.; Cornell University History; Water Supply history; History, 20th Century; Epidemics history; Typhoid Fever history; Typhoid fever New York (State) Ithaca History; Epidemics New York (State) Ithaca History; Epidemics Social aspects New York (State) Ithaca History; Businessmen New York (State) Ithaca Biography.; Corruption New York (State) Ithaca History; Water-supply Health aspects New York (State) Ithaca History; New York; Ithaca (N.Y.) History
Abstract: Looks at the circumstances surrounding the typhoid fever epidemic that struck Ithaca, New York, and Cornell University in 1903.
Contents: Prelude: June 16, 1903 -- Ithaca and its kings -- The boys club -- Conflict of interest -- Newsmen -- The dam -- Lives of the students -- The valley of death -- Typhoid, and how the epidemic began -- Denial -- Apocalypse -- The fixer -- Going home -- The man who saved Ithaca -- The man who saved Cornell University -- Retribution -- Epilogue: Getting away with murder -- Afterword: The conquest of typhoid.