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Epidemic Disease in Mexico City, 1761–1813
This chapter is in the book Epidemic Disease in Mexico City, 1761–1813
© 2021 University of Texas Press

© 2021 University of Texas Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Foreword ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. CONTENTS xiii
  5. PART I: THE BACKGROUND
  6. 1. A Menacing Natural Environment 1
  7. 2. Public-Health Administration 16
  8. PART II: THE FIVE EPIDEMICS
  9. 3. Typhus and Smallpox: Partners in Death (1761-1762) 49
  10. 4. Inoculation: Rejected Lifesaver (1779-1780) 56
  11. 5. Sickness in a Time of Famine (1784-1787) 70
  12. 6. Smallpox: Word of Terror (1797-1798) 86
  13. 7. The Year of Mysterious Fevers (1813) 157
  14. PART III: THE CYCLE OF SICKNESS
  15. 8. Conclusions 185
  16. Bibliography 201
  17. Index 215
https://doi.org/10.7560/732285-001

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Foreword ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. CONTENTS xiii
  5. PART I: THE BACKGROUND
  6. 1. A Menacing Natural Environment 1
  7. 2. Public-Health Administration 16
  8. PART II: THE FIVE EPIDEMICS
  9. 3. Typhus and Smallpox: Partners in Death (1761-1762) 49
  10. 4. Inoculation: Rejected Lifesaver (1779-1780) 56
  11. 5. Sickness in a Time of Famine (1784-1787) 70
  12. 6. Smallpox: Word of Terror (1797-1798) 86
  13. 7. The Year of Mysterious Fevers (1813) 157
  14. PART III: THE CYCLE OF SICKNESS
  15. 8. Conclusions 185
  16. Bibliography 201
  17. Index 215
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