Epidemics laid low a history of what happened in rich countries - Bourdelais, Patrice (Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006)
The plague era -- Modernity: new concepts of the state and the body -- Cholera: the return of epidemic disease and the abandonment of traditional protective measures -- The "English System:" new methods gain acceptance -- The sanitary reform movement: from miasma theory to departments of health -- Vaccination: a powerful paradigm -- The era of spectacular victories -- The end.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index.
Keywords: Epidemics -- History. -- Europe; Medical policy -- History. -- Europe; Communicable Disease Control -- History -- Europe; Developed Countries -- History -- europe; Disease Outbreaks -- History -- Europe; Health Policy -- History -- Europe; History, Medieval -- Europe; History, Modern 1601 -- Europe