附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-314) and index.
Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Whooping Cough -- 2. Measles -- 3. Scarlet Fever -- 4. Diphtheria -- 5. Smallpox -- 6. Typhoid -- 7. Typhus -- 8. Tuberculosis -- 9. The Impact of Local Preventive Medicine -- Appendix. Statistical Note -- Bibliography -- Index -- Last Page.
摘要:This title provides a study of death and disease in the 19th century, and how Victorian society coped with infectious disease. It tells how a century ago whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever and many other diseases ravaged millions of families and made life desperately uncertain.
