In what ways did the work of Kinyoun and Blue challenge earlier conceptions of medical science, and how did their fight to save San Francisco from a larger outbreak intersect with institutionalized racism and the idea of American exceptionalism?

In the prologue to his book, David K. Randall argued that the fight against the bubonic plague in
America “would prove to be a battle over the legitimacy of science.” In your essay, explain what he
meant by this. In what ways did the work of Kinyoun and Blue challenge earlier conceptions of medical
science, and how did their fight to save San Francisco from a larger outbreak intersect with
institutionalized racism and the idea of American exceptionalism?

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