Cholera in Detroit: A HistoryMcFarland, 30 lug 2013 - 228 pagine During the mid- to late 19th century, Detroit and the American Midwest were the sites of five major cholera epidemics. The first of these, the 1832 outbreak, was of particular significance--an unexpected consequence of the Black Hawk War. In order to suppress the Native American uprising then taking place in regions around present-day Illinois, General Winfield Scott had been ordered by President Andrew Jackson to transport his troops from Virginia to the Midwest. While passing through New York State the men were exposed to cholera, transmitting the disease to the population of Detroit once they reached that city. As a result, cholera was established as an endemic disease in the upper Midwest. Further outbreaks took place in 1834, 1849, 1854 and 1866, ultimately resulting in the deaths of hundreds of individuals. This book is the story of those outbreaks and the efforts to control them. |
Sommario
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2 Cholera Crosses the Border | 19 |
3 Cholera Among the Troops | 34 |
4 Detroit Vintage 1832 | 42 |
Events of 1832 | 54 |
1834 | 84 |
7 Between the Cholera Wars | 101 |
9 Epidemic of 1854 | 127 |
New York Detroit and Beyond | 142 |
11 The 1870s and Beyond | 164 |
12 Isolation and Identifi cation of the Cholera Bacillus | 174 |
13 Aftermath | 191 |
Chapter Notes | 199 |
Bibliography | 213 |
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