Blažina Tomić Zlata - Expelling the plague: the Health Office and the implementation of quarantine in Dubrovnik, 1377-1533

EXPELLING

THE PLAGUE

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43 Expelling the Plague

The Health Office and the Implementation of Quarantine in Dubrovnik, 13771533

Zlata Blaina Tomi and Vesna Blaina

EXPELLING
THE PLAGUE

The Health Office
and the Implementation
of Quarantine in Dubrovnik,
13771533

Zlata Blaina Tomi and Vesna Blaina

McGill-Queens University Press

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Blaina Tomi, Zlata, 1926, author

Expelling the plague : the Health Office and the implementation of
quarantine in Dubrovnik, 13771533 / Zlata Blaina Tomi and Vesna Blaina.

(McGill-Queens/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society; 43)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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