The first recorded outbreak of epidemic dropsy, 1877–80: Climate, empire, and colonial medical science between India, Bengal, and Mauritius
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DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.24
Abstract: This article reconstructs the first outbreak of epidemic dropsy recorded in documentary evidence, which occurred in Calcutta, Mauritius, and northeastern India and Bengal in 1877–80. It uses current medical knowledge and investigations into the wider… read more here.
Keywords: outbreak epidemic; india bengal; mauritius; colonial medical ... See more keywords