Epidemic : a collision of power, privilege, and public health

Epidemic : a collision of power, privilege, and public health / David DeKok.

Author/creator	DeKok, David
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, ©2011.
Description	xix, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Morris, William T. (William Torrey), 1853-1928--Influence. Cornell University--History --20th century. Typhoid fever--New York (State) --Ithaca --History --20th century. Epidemics--New York (State) --Ithaca --History --20th century. Epidemics--Social aspects --New York (State) --Ithaca --History --20th century. Businessmen--New York (State) --Ithaca --Biography. Corruption--New York (State) --Ithaca --History --20th century. Water-supply--Health aspects --New York (State) --Ithaca --History --20th century. Typhoid Fever--history --New York. Epidemics--history --New York. Public Health--history --New York. History of Medicine. History, 20th Century. Ithaca (N.Y.)--History --20th century.

Contents	Prelude: June 16, 1903 -- Ithaca and its kings -- The boys club -- Conflict of interest -- Newsmen -- The dam -- Lives of the students -- The valley of death -- Typhoid, and how the epidemic began -- Denial -- Apocalypse -- The fixer -- Going home -- The man who saved Ithaca -- The man who saved Cornell University -- Retribution -- Epilogue: Getting away with murder -- Afterword: The conquest of typhoid.
Abstract	Looks at the circumstances surrounding the typhoid fever epidemic that struck Ithaca, New York, and Cornell University in 1903.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-274) and index.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- E. Daniel Shingleton Public Health Collection
LCCN	2010045780
ISBN	9780762760084
ISBN	0762760087

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WC 270 D328E 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold