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Author:

Pemberton, Neil.

Title:

Mad dogs and Englishmen : rabies in Britain, 1830-2000 / Neil Pemberton and Michael Worboys.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

x, 247 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Rabies--history--Great Britain.
History, 19th Century--Great Britain.
History, 20th Century--Great Britain.
Rabies--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Rabies--History.--Great Britain--History.
Rabies--Great Britain--History--History--19th century.
Rabies--Great Britain--History--History--20th century.
Rabies in animals--Great Britain.

Other Authors:

Worboys, Michael, 1948-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-237) and index.

Contents:

Index. List of graphs and map -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 6. Rabies raging : the 'era of canine madness, ' 1803 -- 2. Rabies at bay : 'The dog days, ' 1831-1863 -- 3. Rabies resurgent : 'The dog plague, ' 1864-1879 -- 4. Rabies cured : 'The millennium of Pasteurism," 1880-1902 -- 5. Rabies banished : muzzling and its discontents, 1885-1902 -- 6. Rabies excluded : quarantines to pet passports, 1902-2000 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Series:

Science, technology, and medicine in modern history

ISBN:

0230542409 (hbk.)
9780230542402 (hbk.)

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)