Spinning back some sixty years, we learn about the young Dr. Urbino, an eligible bachelor of twenty-eight, freshly returned from his studies and an extensive stay in Paris. That cosmopolitan city looms large in his memories and travels throughout his life. Through his eyes, we catch a glimpse of the nameless harbor town that is the setting for most of the book. We see that it suffers from a depressing general decline; dead animals float in the harbor, vultures perch on the rooftops, sewage drains into the marketplace, garbage litters streets and thickets, and the water supply is impure. Dr. Urbino sets about trying to follow in and surpass his father's footsteps; Dr. Marco Aurelio Urbino had introduced public health measures that had helped curb a large cholera epidemic- but not before the.....
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