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Plague

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Clippings on public health in Hawaii

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 476
Abstract

Contains clippings, apparently once part of a scrapbook, for 1910-1911 and 1915-1916, with one item from 1918.

Dates: 1910-1918

Clippings relating to public health in Louisiana and New Orleans

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS C 475
Scope and Contents

Contains clippings apparently collected by the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in New Orleans. Subjects include many aspects of public health with a substantial ber of clippings pertaining to bubonic plague.

Dates: 1914-1923.

Plague cases in New Orleans

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 109
Collection Summary

Log of 353 cases of "rodent plague" in New Orleans kept from July 13, 1914 to April 24, 1917. Information includes each case's address, date captured, date confirmed, and character of the premises where the rats were caught.

Dates: 1914-1917

W.M. Haffkine collection [microfilm]

 Collection
Identifier: MS Film 36
Abstract

Microfilmed personal diaries of W.M. Haffkine and published materials from the India Home Department related to the Mulkowal vaccination incident of 1902.

Dates: 1892-1930