Public sphere to public health: The transformation of nuisance

Medicine, Health and the Public Sphere in Britain, 1600-2000

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 189-204

  Hamlin, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203520178     Document Type: Chapter

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