Plague hospitals : public health for the city in early modern Venice / by Jane L. Stevens Crawshaw.

2012

xiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"From a Distance It Looks Like a Castle" : First Impressions and Architectural Design -- The Sick-Poor -- "Abandon Hope, All You Who Enter Here" : Experiences of the Staff and the Patients' Daily Routine -- Syrups and Secrets : Treating the Plague -- Dying in the Lazaretti -- Returning to the City -- Epilogue.

Includes bibliographical references and index.