Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9781421409719

Rabies, Medicine, and Society in an American Metropolis, 1840-1920

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By Jessica Wang
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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Dogs, Humans, and the Uses of Urban Space
Chapter 2. Human and Non-Human Suffering: From Animal Possession to the Art of Dying
Chapter 3. Remedies and Materia Medica: Medical Authority, Political Culture, and Empire
Chapter 4. The Lesion of Doom: Anatomical Tradition and the Problem of Hydrophobia
Chapter 5. A Tale of Three Laboratories: Rabies Vaccination and the Pasteurization of New York City
Chapter 6. Dogs and the Making of the American State: The Politics of Animal Control
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Reports of Dog Bite Victims and Hydrophobia Deaths in the Greater New York City Area
Appendix 2. A Note on Primary Sources and Methods
Notes
Index

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