Quarantine & Public Health Measures

Isolation practices and early public health interventions to control spread of disease, notably the 40-day isolation (quarantena) for ships during plagues.

Core metadata

ID: quarantine_public_health_measures
Era: Medieval
First known date: 1377 (exact)
Region: Dubrovnik/Ragusa, Dalmatian Coast
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

Quarantine Lazarettos (quarantine_lazarettos)

Fields

None.

Node sources

Lessons from the History of Quarantine, from Plague to Influenza A (Emerging Infectious Diseases / CDC, 2013, review) • Supports: node
Locator: CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases review states that quarantine was first introduced in 1377 in Dubrovnik/Ragusa for plague control.

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 4
Average edge confidence: 70%
Prerequisite sources: 2
expert_inference: 4

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Herbal Medicine Preparation (herbal_medicine_preparation)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Herbal Medicine Preparation provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	No sources recorded.
Ancient Written Law Codes (codified_law)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Codified Law provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	The Ur-Nammu Law Code (The Schoyen Collection, 2011, museum) • Supports: edge
Military Field Medicine (military_field_medicine)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Military Field Medicine provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	No sources recorded.
Record Keeping (record_keeping)	historical_predecessor	75%	expert_inference	Record Keeping is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency.	How to write cuneiform (British Museum, 2020, museum) • Supports: edge

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