The Epidemic The Epidemic

The Epidemic

A Collision of Power, Privilege, and Public Health

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Publisher Description

The Epidemic tells how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town of Ithaca, N.Y. Eighty-two people died, including 29 Cornell students. Protected by influential friends, William T. Morris faced no retribution for this outrage.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2011
1 February
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
Lyons Press
SIZE
6
MB

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