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the 1857 mystery of the National Hotel disease

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Outbreak in Washington, D.C.
Kerry S. Walters
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An edition of Outbreak in Washington, D.C. (2014)

Outbreak in Washington, D.C.

the 1857 mystery of the National Hotel disease

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"Discover the history of a mysterious disease that struck the National Hotel in 1857"--

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The History Press
Language
English
Pages
126

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Subjects
Epidemics, History, Curiosities and wonders, Public health, Panic, Conspiracies, Social conditions, National Hotel (Washington, D.C.), Buchanan, james, 1791-1868, Public health, united states, Washington (d.c.), history, Washington (d.c.), social conditions
People
James Buchanan (1791-1868)
Places
Washington (D.C.)
Times
19th century

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Outbreak in Washington, D.C.: the 1857 mystery of the National Hotel disease
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Panic in Washington
I. An Acrimonious Year
Slavery and Westward Expansion
The Crisis Worsens
The 1856 Campaign
II. A City of Contrasts
City of Magnificent Intentions
City of Violence
City of Filth
The National Hotel
III. A Stricken President-Elect
"Why, I have been poisoned!"
Return to the National Hotel
Buchanan's Health
Off His Game
A Bad Start
IV. A National Panic
The Poison Hypothesis
The Miasma Hypothesis
The Final Verdict
V. The Allure of Conspiracy
The Paranoid Style
The Slave Power Conspiracy
The Abolitionist Conspiracy
The Jesuit Conspiracy
A Last Word
Appendix: Period Coverage of the National Hotel Disease.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index.

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Charleston, SC
Other Titles
Outbreak in Washington, DC

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
614.4/975309034
Library of Congress
RA650.5 .W35 2014, RA650.5.W35 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
126 pages
Number of pages
126

ID Numbers

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OL31041177M
ISBN 10
1626196389
ISBN 13
9781626196384
LCCN
2014033893

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