Bubonic plague in early modern Russia : public health and urban disaster
John T. Alexander's study dramatically highlights how the Russian people reacted to the plague and shows how the tools of modern epidemiology can illuminate the causes of the plague's tragic course through Russia.
History
xix, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780195158182, 0195158180
50253204
Introduction: Bubonic Plague, Fleas, and Rats
1. Plague Epidemics and Antiplague Precautions in Russia to 1770
2. Medical Professionals and Public Health in Russia to 1770
3. Catherine II and Moscow on the Eve of the Plague (1762-70)
4. Origins and Outbreak of the Plague (Spring 1770-Winter 1770/71)
5. Official Negligence, Medical Incompetence, or Another False Alarm? (January-May 1771)
6. A Pestilential Summer (April-September 1771)
7. The Plague Riot (September 1771)
8. The Orlov Mission and the Plague Commission (September 1771-January 1772)
9. The Plague in the Provinces and the Threat to Petersburg (August 1771-August 1775)
10. The Plague's Impact on Moscow
11. Medical Reactions and Debates: Plague Tractates from Russia
App. 1. Doctors and Surgeons in Moscow in March 1771
App. 2. Students at the Moscow Surgical School in 1770-71
Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980