Anticipating a major undertaking, Dr. Frederick Montizambert, the superintendent of the
Grosse Îsle quarantine station, and since 1894 the head of quarantine services for Canada …

EVER since the Great Plague the danger of epidemics being intro-duced into the Kingdom
by the crews, passengers and the cargoes of vessels from infected areas had been very …

Long before antibiotic drugs and vaccinations became principal defenses against
epidemics, physicians relied upon isolation and quarantine procedures to protect the well …

Dr. Wm. DuBose Bratton was born in South Carolina, June 23, 1860. He graduated at the
Medical College of South Caro line March 1, 1884; entered the Marine Hospital Service …

As a major seaport, San Francisco had for decades struggled to control infectious diseases
carried by passengers on ships entering the port. In 1882, a steamer from Hong Kong …

No subject of importance is perhaps less understood than that of quarantine. Therefore, the
general public is not familiar with the changes which have taken place in maritime sanitation …

Time and tide wait for no man," but under Australian quarantine practice, boarding is only
carried out between sunrise and sunset; light is required to inspect a skin eruption or the …

BOARD HMS Sirffolk the dawn of 23rd May, A 1941, gave no hint that'the day was destined
for making history. The 10,000-ton cruiser was once again on patrol in the Denmark Strait …

By 1866, a generation had passed since the cholera epidemic of 1834 had killed four-
hundred people in Halifax. In that time, the disease had visited neighboring provinces, most …

There are three maritime approaches to New Orleans; the Mississippi River, which is the
central and main avenue; the Rigolets, thirty miles to the eastward, a narrow strait …