The Contagious City: The Politics of Public Health in Early Philadelphia

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The Contagious City The Contagious City The Politics of Public Health in Early Philadelphia Simon Finger Cornell University Press ithaca and london Copyright © 2012 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 2012 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Finger, Simon, 1977– The contagious city : the politics of public health in early Philadelphia / Simon Finger. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8014-4893-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Public health—Political aspects—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History—18th century. 2. Communicable diseases—Political aspects—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia— History—18th century. 3. Social medicine—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History—18th century. 4. Philadelphia (Pa.)—Politics and government—18th century. I. Title. RA448.P45F56 2012 362.109748'11—dc23 2011051729 Cornell University Press strives to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the fullest extent possible in the publishing of its books. Such materials include vegetable-based, low-VOC inks and acid-free papers that are recycled, totally chlorine-free, or partly composed of nonwood fibers. For further information, visit our website at www.cornellpress.cornell.edu. Cloth printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my parents Hence the reader sees—and who can wonder, that medicine and politics were mixed together in a young, ardent and anxious brain, far distant from his suffering country! —Benjamin Waterhouse, An Essay on Junius and His Letters, 1831 ...