Bubonic plague in early modern Russia : public health and urban disaster /

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Author / Creator:Alexander, John T.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Description:xix, 385 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4850534
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ISBN:0195158180 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:Orignally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-372) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Bubonic Plague, Fleas, and Rats
  • 1. Plague Epidemics and Antiplague Precautions in Russia to 1770
  • 2. Medical Professionals and Public Health in Russia to 1770
  • 3. Catherine II and Moscow on the Eve of the Plague (1762-70)
  • 4. Origins and Outbreak of the Plague (Spring 1770-Winter 1770/71)
  • 5. Official Negligence, Medical Incompetence, or Another False Alarm? (January-May 1771)
  • 6. A Pestilential Summer (April-September 1771)
  • 7. The Plague Riot (September 1771)
  • 8. The Orlov Mission and the Plague Commission (September 1771-January 1772)
  • 9. The Plague in the Provinces and the Threat to Petersburg (August 1771-August 1775)
  • 10. The Plague's Impact on Moscow
  • 11. Medical Reactions and Debates: Plague Tractates from Russia
  • App. 1. Doctors and Surgeons in Moscow in March 1771
  • App. 2. Students at the Moscow Surgical School in 1770-71.