Geoffrey Bilson: 1 book
A Darkened House
Cholera in Nineteenth-Century Canada
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1980
From its first appearance in 1832 until the last scares of 1871, cholera aroused fear in British North America. The disease killed 20,000 people and its psychological effects were enormous. Cholera unsettled governments, undermined the medical profession, exposed inadequacies in public health, and...
