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Disease and Empire: The Health of European Troops in the Conquest of Africa

Disease and Empire: The Health of European Troops in the Conquest of Africa

Curtin, Philip

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Medical ReferenceAfrican HistoryGeneral European History

ISBN10: 0521598354
ISBN13: 9780521598354
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 28 1998
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.98 Depth: 8.94
Language: English
From 1815 to 1914, death rates of European soldiers, serving both at home and abroad, dropped by nearly ninety percent. 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. 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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