Close-up of a 1930s iron lung, with text describing its manufacturer.

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A Brief History of Isolation and Infectious Disease
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A Brief History of Isolation and Infectious Disease

Contagious disease has challenged society throughout human history. Quarantine and isolation was practiced in response to the pandemics of bubonic plague and cholera, beginning in the Middle Ages.In the 18th and 19th centuries, smallpox led to smallpox hospitals in some large urban communities.

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