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Author Ross, Richard S., III, 1948- author.

Title Contagion in Prussia, 1831 : the cholera epidemic and the threat of the Polish uprising / Richard S. Ross III.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  614.5 ROS    Check Shelf
Description vii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary "This book examines the Prussian government's strict health policy and its consequences, including social unrest and resulting public health reforms. Polish public health policy is investigated in light of the needs of the revolutionary government. Information is provided on the cholera camps established by Prussia to quarantine Polish soldiers who crossed the border as refugees in July 1831"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
Contents Cholera approaches -- Public health administration in Prussia before 1831 -- Cholera in Poland -- First response to cholera : misery in Danzig -- Prussian cholera policy and the Russian war effort -- Cholera policy on the Prussian border -- Cholera in East Prussia and the city of Kønigsberg -- The cholera tumult in Kønigsberg -- Cholera enters Berlin -- Berlin organizes to combat cholera -- The medical legacy of the cholera epidemic of 1831 -- Prussia, cholera and the Polish refugee crisis.
Subject Cholera -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 19th century.
Cholera -- Poland -- History -- 19th century.
Cholera -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Medical policy -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 19th century
Medical policy -- Poland -- History -- 19th century
Public health -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 19th century
Borderlands -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 19th century.v.
Soldiers -- Poland -- History -- 19th century.
Refugee camps -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 19th century.
Social conflict -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 9780786497720 (softcover ; alkaline paper)
0786497726 (softcover ; alkaline paper)
9781476620107 (ebook)
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