TY - BOOK AU - Crawshaw,Jane L.Stevens ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Plague hospitals: public health for the city in early modern Venice T2 - The history of medicine in context AV - RC178.I92 V463 2012eb U1 - 616.9/23200945311 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Farnham, Surrey, England PB - Ashgate KW - Plague KW - Italy KW - Venice KW - History KW - 16th century KW - 17th century KW - Treatment KW - Social medicine KW - Public hospitals KW - Public health KW - Venice (Italy) KW - Social conditions KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; "From a Distance It Looks Like a Castle" : First Impressions and Architectural Design -- The Sick-Poor -- "Abandon Hope, All You Who Enter Here" : Experiences of the Staff and the Patients' Daily Routine -- Syrups and Secrets : Treating the Plague -- Dying in the Lazaretti -- Returning to the City -- Epilogue; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10607431 ER -