Quarantine! East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892

Medical Writings15 November 1997Quarantine! East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892David R. Hinthorn, MDDavid R. Hinthorn, MDUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KansasAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-127-10-199711150-00022 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Markel H. 262 pages. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr; 1997. $29.95. ISBN 0801855128. Order phone 800-537-5487.Field of medicine: History of medicine, microbiology, infectious diseases, public health, and legal medicine.Audience: Students of the history of medicine and the development of ethics and persons who work in public health, legal medicine, microbiology, or infectious diseases.Purpose: To show alternative views of the handling of the 1892-1893 epidemics of typhus and cholera in New York City and the impact of quarantine on the lives of Eastern European Jewish immigrants.Content: Quarantine (physical, social, or mental isolation) is the book's focus. The ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKnowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Fear of COVID-19: an Online-Based Cross-cultural StudyThe History of Malaria in the United States: How it Spread, How it was Treated, and Public Responses 15 November 1997Volume 127, Issue 10Page: 950KeywordsCholeraHistory of medicineInfectious diseasesJewish peopleLegislationMicrobiologyPrevention, policy, and public healthPublic policyQuarantinesTyphus ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 15 November 1997 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1997 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...