This work describes the cures and the remedies used for the cholera that characterised the 19th century in Europe. Ferrara was taken as a model to analyse the illness in comparison with European cities like Vienna, Paris, and the nearest Bologna. The period under investigation starts from the first moment the disease appeared (1830) to 1867. Several differences were found between continental and British methods of fighting the disease. The British physicians were much more on the guard thanks to their great colonial experience, anticipating today’s methods. In the Papal States, Ferrara, Bologna and Rome, of course, followed Paris and Vienna's tendencies of the time.
The Treatment of Cholera in Ferrara (Italy): the European epidemic scenery in the first half of the 19th century
VICENTINI, Chiara Beatrice;MANFREDINI, Stefano
2011
Abstract
This work describes the cures and the remedies used for the cholera that characterised the 19th century in Europe. Ferrara was taken as a model to analyse the illness in comparison with European cities like Vienna, Paris, and the nearest Bologna. The period under investigation starts from the first moment the disease appeared (1830) to 1867. Several differences were found between continental and British methods of fighting the disease. The British physicians were much more on the guard thanks to their great colonial experience, anticipating today’s methods. In the Papal States, Ferrara, Bologna and Rome, of course, followed Paris and Vienna's tendencies of the time.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
