Contagion
Subtitle: historical views of diseases and epidemics
Contributors: Harvard University. Library. Open Collections Program
Publisher: The President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Communicable diseases; History; Epidemics
Other titles: Historical views of diseases and epidemics; Harvard University Library. Open Collections Program
Description: Provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard's library and museum collections. The collection provides general background information on diseases and epidemics worldwide, and is organized around significant "episodes" of contagious disease. These full-text resources are publicly available via the World Wide Web and are fully searchable. Materials are supplemented by explanatory pages that introduce concepts related to diseases and epidemics, historical approaches to medicine, and notable men and women.
Notes: Title from home page (viewed on Feb. 7, 2008).

Funded by Arcadia. The Harvard University Library established the Open Collections Program in 2002 with funding from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.