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The 1878 yellow fever epidemic was a devastating event which caused many deaths but which also resulted in responses leading to the National Board of Health and major advances in American public health. This marvelous book is based on a lifetime of research and study, and it touches on many of the important themes related to the epidemic and the emergence of the public health movement in the South. This well-crafted study should be required reading for anyone with an interest in the history of public health or the South, or with special interest in the history of New Orleans, Memphis, or Atlanta. This book contains 56 pages of notes. Ellis (history, Lehigh University) is to be congratulated on a job well-done. This important book should be widely read by specialists in the various fields involved. Advanced undergraduate; graduate. M. Kaufman; Westfield State College
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