An 1865 report on public health in New York painted a grim picture of "high brick blocks and closely-packed houses . . . literally hives of sickness" propagating epidemics of cholera, smallpox, typhoid, typhus, and yellow fever, which swept through the whole city. In this stimulating collection of essays, nine historians of American medicine explore New York's responses to its public health crises from colonial times to the present. The essays illustrate the relationship between the disease environment of New York and changes in housing, population, social conditions, and the success of medical science, linking such factors to New York's experiences with smallpox, polio, and AIDS. The volume is essential reading for anyone interested in American public health and the social history of New York. The volume is essential reading for anyone interested in American public health and the social history of New York. The contributors are Ronald Bayer, Elizabeth Blackmar, Gretchen A. Condran, Elizabeth Fee, Daniel M. Fox, Evelynn M. Hammonds, Alan M. Kraut, Judith Walzer Leavitt, and Naomi Rogers. David Rosner is a professor of history at Baruch College and The Graduate School of the City University of New York. Robert R. Macdonald is the director of the Museum of the City of New York.
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- The Cholera Years: The United States in the Years 1832, 1849 and 1866 by Charles E. Rosenberg on 7 pages
- Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health by Judith Walzer Leavitt in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The Therapeutic Perspective by John Harley Warner in Front Matter, and page 192
- The Park and the People: A History of Central Park by Roy Rosenzweig on page 64, and Back Matter
- A Once Charitable Enterprise: Hospitals and Health Care in Brooklyn and New York 1885-1915 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History) by David Rosner in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Next to Godliness: Confronting Dirt and Despair in Progressive-Era New York City by Daniel Burnstein in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Deadly Truth: A History of Disease in America by Gerald N. Grob in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Disease and the Modern World: 1500 to the Present Day (Themes in History) by Mark Harrison in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Disease and the Modern World: 1500 to the Present Day (Themes in History) by Mark Harrison in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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