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7 J. Med. & L. 117 (2002-2003)
The Grapes of Wrath & (and) the Speckled Monster (Epidemics, Biological Terrorism and the Early Legal History of Two Major Defenses - Quarantine and Vaccination)

handle is hein.journals/jmdl7 and id is 121 raw text is: THE GRAPES OF WRATH & THE SPECKLED MONSTER (EPIDEMICS, BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM AND THE EARLY LEGAL HISTORY OF TWO MAJOR DEFENSES - QUARANTINE AND VACCINATION) Alfred J. Sciarrino TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................... 117 I. PART ONE: THE GRAPES OF WRATH .................. 132 II. QUARANTINE .................................... 135 A. QUARANTINE OF THE VESSELS ................... 137 B. QUARANTINE OF RAGS, FABRICS, CLOTHING, AND BEDDING ................................... 141 C. QUARANTINE OF ANIMALS ...................... 144 D. QUARANTINE OF PLANTS ....................... 153 III. SANITATION ..................................... . 155 IV. INSPECTION OF FOODSTUFFS AND QUARANTINE OF GOODS AND M ERCHANDISE ............................... 161 V. DISPOSAL OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL BODIES ............. 163 VI. QUARANTINE OF PERSONS, DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, CREATION OF PEST HOUSES AND BARRIERS ............. 166 VII. FEDERAL QUARANTINE LAW ......................... 175 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God Revelations 14:19 INTRODUCTION Humans will always face the threat of virulent epidemics, for it is the way of nature to wean the physically weak and control the world's population, along with its other weapons of mass human destruction: famine, pestilence, natural catastrophe, and war. However, during the twentieth century Americans were * Associate Professor of Business Law, State University of New York, College at Geneseo. B.A. SUNY, Geneseo; M.A.R. Yale University Divinity School; LL.M Wisconsin Law School. Dedicated to my wife Debi, suffering from terminal cancer, and to our children, Bronwyn, Reece, Sydney and Devyn.