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Cholera in Detroit: A History
Contributor(s): Adler, Richard (Author)

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 ISBN: 0786474793     ISBN-13: 9780786474790
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
OUR PRICE: $41.95  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: July 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Forensic Medicine
Dewey: 614.514
LCCN: 2013026115
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.70 lbs) 228 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2014
 
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During the mid- to late 19th century, Detroit and the American Midwest were the sites of five major cholera epidemics. The first of these, the 1832 outbreak, was of particular significance--an unexpected consequence of the Black Hawk War. In order to suppress the Native American uprising then taking place in regions around present-day Illinois, General Winfield Scott had been ordered by President Andrew Jackson to transport his troops from Virginia to the Midwest. While passing through New York State the men were exposed to cholera, transmitting the disease to the population of Detroit once they reached that city. As a result, cholera was established as an endemic disease in the upper Midwest. Further outbreaks took place in 1834, 1849, 1854 and 1866, ultimately resulting in the deaths of hundreds of individuals. This book is the story of those outbreaks and the efforts to control them.
 
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