Disease and empire
the health of European troops in the conquest of Africa
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Author
Publication
1998 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL361865M
- ISBN-100521591694
- OCLC Control Number39169947
- OCLC Control Numberdiseaseempirehea0000curt
- Library of Congress Control Number98022027
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- Goodreads1353462
- LibraryThing2427804
Classifications
- DDC616.9/8023/096
- LCCRC971 .C87 1998
Description
Before the nineteenth century, European soldiers serving in the tropics died from disease at a rate several times higher than that of soldiers serving at home. Then, from about 1815 to 1914, the death rates of European soldiers, both those serving at home and abroad, dropped by nearly 90%. But this drop applied mainly to soldiers in barracks. Soldiers on campaign, especially in the tropics, continued to die from disease at rates as high as ever, in sharp contrast to the drop in barracks death rates. This book examines the practice of military medicine during the conquest of Africa, especially in the 1880s and 1890s. Curtin examines what was done, what was not done, and the impact of doctors' successes and failures on the willingness of Europeans to embark on imperial adventures.
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