The history of quarantine

Quarantine is an Italian word about waiting. It came about as an answer to an age-old problem: what do we do while we don't yet know? Sources John Howard, An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe, Warrington, 1789, p. 19. Wellcome Collection, public domain. This later account describes bills of health; it is not the 1377 Ragusa decree. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/... Eugenia Tognotti, “Lessons from the History of Quarantine, from Plague to Influenza A”, Emerging Infectious Diseases 19(2), 2013. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/... “Etymologia: Quarantine”, Emerging Infectious Diseases 19(2), 2013. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/... CDC, History of quarantine, 2012, preserved in CDC Stacks. https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/84791 Collins, “quarantine” and Italian “quaranta”. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dic... · https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dic... About the pictures The harbour, island, interiors and quarantine-station scenes are imagined, AI-assisted paintings made for this film. They are not reconstructions of identified buildings or particular people. The printed page is an authentic 1789 scan from Wellcome Collection. Its genuine printed ink is highlighted during a camera exploration of the original leaf. The possible influences behind forty days remain historical suggestions, not a securely established single explanation. Credits Written and narrated by Jack O’Sullivan. Original score. Research and production assisted by AI; Jack’s real voice throughout. More of my writing: https://jackosullivan.co.uk Chapters 0:00 A harbour within sight 0:30 The word and the port 1:16 Ragusa's thirty days 1:37 Why forty? 2:11 Organising uncertainty 2:32 Two sides of the harbour 2:55 Giving uncertainty a boundary 3:30 Sources and more writing