La cuarentena en Quebec y el plan preventivo de William Marsden (1832-1866)

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La cuarentena en Quebec y el plan preventivo de William Marsden (1832-1866)
Abstract
The author points out that in the first half of the nineteenth century, the organization of quarantine facilities in Quebec against epidemics can be defined by their unexpected and provisional character, attributable often to a lack of confidence in the contagious etiology of epidemic diseases. In this context, alternative quarantine solutions were suggested for the Grosse-Île quarantine station, the most elaborated being the one proposed by Doctor William Marsden. The author examines the conceptions about the etiology of the cholera in Quebec, including those of Doctor Mardsen; on the other hand he also analyses, in a general way, the foundations of the quarantine system, the quarantine as it was operated in the Grosse-Île before Confederation, as well as the alternative solution proposed by this doctor. Grosse-Île quarantine station was first used in 1832 to contain a cholera epidemic brought to Quebec by Irish immigrants, and again in 1847 to contain a typhus epidemic brought by Irish immigrants in 1847.
Publication
Revista electrónica de geografía y ciencias sociales
Volume
Vol. 9
Issue
no. 195
Pages
181-204
Date
2005
Language
Spanish
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Citation
Bonastra, Quim. “La cuarentena en Quebec y el plan preventivo de William Marsden (1832-1866).” Revista electrónica de geografía y ciencias sociales Vol. 9, no. 195 (2005): 181–204. http://www.ub.edu/geocrit/sn/sn-195.htm.
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