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David S. Barnes, "Lazaretto: How Philadelphia Used an Unpopular Quarantine Based on Disputed Science to Accommodate Immigrants and Prevent"
English | ISBN: 1421446448 | 2023 | 312 pages | MOBI | 12 MB
How the controversial practice of quarantine saved nineteenth-century Philadelphia after a series of deadly epidemics.
Winnter of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia Literary Award by The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
In the 1790s, four devastating yellow fever epidemics threatened the survival of Philadelphia, the nation's capital and largest city. In response, the city built a new quarantine station called the Lazaretto downriver from its port. From 1801 to 1895, a strict quarantine was enforced there to protect the city against yellow fever, cholera, typhus, and other diseases. At the time, the science behind quarantine was hotly contested, and the Board of Health in Philadelphia was plagued by internal conflicts and political resistance. In
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