This article seeks to put in historical perspective the implementation of isolation measures such as quarantines, widely used today to tackle COVID‐19. Based on an epidemic that affected the city of Concepción (Chile) in 1789, I analyse the isolation measures adopted by the authorities, the difficulties they had to face in their implementation, and their reception by the local population. It is concluded that lessons from history should take into consideration the dynamic interaction of the public and the private spheres that characterise the experience of the disease in any given epidemic.

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流行时期的隔离：智利康塞普西翁天花流行病对我们现在的反思

本文试图以历史的眼光看待隔离措施（例如隔离区）的实施，该隔离措施如今已广泛用于解决COVID-19。基于1789年影响康塞普西翁（智利）市的流行病，我分析了当局采取的隔离措施，当局在实施中必须面对的困难以及当地居民的接受。结论是，从历史中汲取的教训应考虑到在任何给定的流行病中表征该病经验的公共和私人领域的动态互动。