This page offers resources which are available either online, or from this library.
Legal Authorities for Isolation and Quarantine from the CDC
A Short History of Quarantine from PBS Nova
The Louisiana Quarantine System and its Contemplated Improvement, Lucien F. Salomon, Public Health Pap Rep. 1888; 14: 110–115.
Louisiana Covid-19 information from the Louisiana department of Health
CHAP. 1062.-An act to transfer to the State of Louisiana for quarantine purposes the possession of certain lands on the Mississippi River belonging to the United States, and for other purposes. October 1, 1888 from LOC
History of Quarantine from the CDC
Fearful ravages : yellow fever in New Orleans, 1796-1905 / Benjamin H. Trask
Scientific evidence review : current issues at the crossroads of science, technology and the law/ Cynthia H. Cwik, Helen E. Witt
Article: 21st century scientific evidence issues in public health quarantines and takings / Christine M. Grant, and Patricia I. Elliott
Yellow fever, race, and ecology in nineteenth-century New Orleans / Urmi Engineer Willoughby
Prevention of yellow fever and the quarantining of houses to stamp it out. Chaillé, Stanford Emerson, New Orleans: L.Graham & Son, 1898.
The quarantine system of Louisiana : methods of disinfection practised / by Joseph Holt ; with illustrations. New Orleans : L. Graham, 1887.
The Future of Public Health / Institute of Medicine (US) Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US), 1988.
