David S Barnes
Author
Language
English
Description
The scientific and social history surrounding the 1880 incident of a foul odor in Paris and the development of public health culture that followed.
Late in the summer of 1880, a wave of odors enveloped large portions of Paris. As the stench lingered, outraged residents feared that the foul air would breed an epidemic. Fifteen years later-when the City of Light was in the grips of another Great Stink-the public conversation about health and disease...