Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 596
ISBN-13: 9780521616287
Subjects: Public health & preventive medicine; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Europe - General; History; Public Health; History / World; Medicine, State--Europe--History--19th century; Diseases
First sentence: "One foot in the brothel, the other in the hospital," goes the old saying, as applicable centuries ago as today.