Author

Publication

2011 - Australian Scholarly Pub., Melbourne, Australia

Language

English

Word Count

92,750 words, Guess

Page Count

371 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781921509193
  • ISBN-101921509198
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010551528
  • OCLC Control Number703179932
  • OCLC Control Number703632368
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC610.994
  • LCCRA553 .S65 2011

Description

Traces the sad, destructive impact on Aboriginal and colonists' health of the Old World's crowd diseases - measles, scarlet fever, influenza, smallpox and tuberculosis among them. Tells of the attempts to heal and prevent disease. Smith sets his account in the context of political, economic and social history.

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