title: Infectious disease control in the Ionian Islands during the British Protection (1815-1864).
abstract: This review presents the medical and social role of British military doctors in the formation of the British sanitary campaign in the Ionian Islands during the period 1815-1864. They were the core of a health system based on the old sanitary model of the Venetian Republic, which was the former ruler of the region. The British innovation and reorganisation of the old lazarettos (a quarantine system for maritime travellers), the new marine sanitary procedures, the determination of quarantine duration for major infectious diseases along with the introduction of the vaccination system resulted in a satisfactory defence against epidemics in Greece during the 19th century. The British military physicians applied and established West European medical ideas, as well as the principles of preventive medicine, for the first time in the Greek territory and this is a historical example of a successful sanitary campaign based on the experience of military physicians and their collaboration with civilian physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of History of Medicine, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Costas
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsiamis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thalassinou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Poulakou-Rebelakou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anogiatis-Pelé
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hatzakis
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006115:Greece; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history*; D010819:Physician's Role / Q000266:history; D012899:Smallpox / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Infectious Diseases; Public Health