Public Health in the Town of Boston, 1630-1822
Author | : John Ballard Blake |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1959 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674722507 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674722507 |
Rating | : 4/5 (507 Downloads) |
Download or read book Public Health in the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 written by John Ballard Blake and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1959 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blake takes a detailed look, based almost exclusively on original source material, at the public health history of the town of Boston. A significant part of this study is the insight it offers into early attitudes toward disease and death as well as other basic political, social, and economic questions.