Forty Days: Quarantine and the Traveller, C. 1700 - C. 1900

Forty Days: Quarantine and the Traveller, c. 1700 - c. 1900 Booker John Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Ltd Data wydania: 2021 ISBN: 9781032050348 Liczba stron: 216 Format: 234 x 156 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: This book provides a timely reminder that no traveller in past centuries could return from the East without spending up to forty days in a lazaretto to ensure that no symptoms of plague were developing. It will appeal to all those interested in the history of medicine and the history of travel.