{"product_id":"9781895814453","title":"Quarantine: What is Old is New","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuarantine, What is Old is New by Ian Arthur Cameron, MD, Historian and medical doctor Cameron has produced a gripping history of quarantine in Canada, the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eforgotten story of the men and women who worked to save lives and protect the citizens of this land.A story of the early years of immigration to Canada, and of marine transportation with wooden ships\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esailing reluctantly into the age of steam. It also details significant aspects of the history of Canada, Nova Scotia and Halifax, and recounts the story of contagious disease in the 19th-20th Centuries. But it is much more than the past, dealing with the future of dread diseases we face today, including SARS, West Nile fever, and the feared influenza pandemics, such as those possible with the latest swine flu (H1N1) or potential bird flu (H5N1).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlso contains extensive appendices, medical definitions, and is indexed for history and medicine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Arthur Cameron, MD","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ Atlantic Canada","offer_id":55016031387872,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/9781895814347-655x655.webp?v=1789925860","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/9781895814453","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}