Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. 'Scrape, wash and cleanse 5
6. 2. 'Calculated to unman the ... strongest': Lower Canada 1832 22
7. 3. 'Nothing is to be heard but the "Cholera"': Upper Canada 1832 52
8. 4. 'The ravages ... has been kept hid': Canada 1834 65
9. 5. 'Distance is no security': The Maritimes 1832-4 91
10. 6. 'Ample room ... for further improvements': Later Epidemics 114
11. 7. 'Charlatanism of every description 143
12. 8. 'Shortcomings ... exposed relentlessly 166
13. Tables of deaths 179
14. Notes 183
15. Selected Bibliography 205
16. A Bibliographical Essay 211
17. Index 217