Plague hospitals
Plague hospitals
About this book
Lazaretti, or plague hospitals, took on a central role in early modern responses to epidemic disease. An in-depth study of the Venetian lazaretti in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this book asks what these hospitals can tell us about early modern medicine and society.
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- OL Work ID
- OL16726855W
Subjects
PlagueTreatmentSocial conditionsPublic hospitalsSocial medicinePublic healthHistoryPlague, europeHospitalsPublic health, italyVenice (italy), historyItaly, social conditionsItaly, social life and customsPesteHistoireTraitementHôpitaux publicsSanté publique