Abstract
Provides information about the role of infectious diseases in the early years of U.S. History, with particular emphasis on how they impacted injuries sustained in military conflict.
Keywords
infectious diseases, epidemiology, military medicine, public health, sanitation
Date of this Version
7-15-2014
Recommended Citation
Bert Chapman and Jack McCallum. "Infectious Diseases." in The Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Early American Republic, 1783-1812: A Political, Social and Military History. Spencer C. Tucker, ed. (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2014): 1:320-321.
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Comments
Infectious Diseases (with Jack McCallum)(Volume 1, pp. 320-321. The Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Early American Republic, 1783-1812: A Political, Social, and Military History by Spencer C. Tucker, Editor. Copyright (c)(2014 by ABC-CLIO, LLC. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of ABC-CLIO, LLC, Santa Barbara, CA>