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Rabies in Britain Dogs, Disease and Culture, 1830-2000 /

Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, st...

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Main Authors: Pemberton, N. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Worboys, M. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
Subjects:
History.
Civilization—History.
Great Britain—History.
Medicine—History.
Social history.
History, Modern.
History of Science.
Cultural History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Medicine.
Social History.
Modern History.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230589544
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Summary:Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public.
Physical Description:X, 247 p. online resource.
ISBN:9780230589544

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