Credits

Anne McKeithen, Janet Pearson, and Andrew Sallans, members of the staff of Historical Collections at The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, compiled the material for the Plague Book exhibit under the direction of Joan Echtenkamp Klein. Joaquin Bueno designed the Web exhibit and graphics, with the programming architecture of David Moody and the assistance of Bart Ragon.

Unless otherwise noted, the images are courtesy of the Missouri Botanical Garden, © 1995-2006 Missouri Botanical Garden http://www.illustratedgarden.org). They deserve special thanks for their generous permission to reproduce their exquisite illustrations. Special thanks are also given to Duane J. Osheim, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, of the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia for his paper, "Plague and Public Health in Europe, with Special Reference to Sixteenth-Century England."

For further information, or to make comments and suggestions, please contact Joan Echtenkamp Klein, the Alvin V. & Nancy Baird Curator for Historical Collections, by e-mail at jre@virginia.edu; by phone 434-924-0052; by fax 434-243-5873; or by mail at The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia Health System, P.O. Box 800722, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0722.

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