Epidemics laid low : a history of what happened in rich countries / Patrice Bourdelais ; translated by Bart K. Holland.

Épidémies terrassées. English

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

xiv, 176 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

[English-language ed.].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167) and index.

The plague era - Modernity: new concepts of the state and the body -- Cholera: the return of epidemic disease and the abandonment of traditional protective measures -- The "English System:" new methods gain acceptance -- The sanitary reform movement: from miasma theory to departments of health -- Vaccination: a powerful paradigm -- The era of spectacular victories -- The end of a dream?