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Hardiman, David (2012) The influenza epidemic of 1918 and the adivasis of Western India. Social History of Medicine, Vol.25 (No.3). pp. 644-664. doi:10.1093/shm/hks015 ISSN 0951-631X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks015
Abstract
The influenza epidemic of 1918 was the single worst outbreak of this disease known in history. This article examines an area of western India that was affected very badly—that of a tract inhabited by impoverished indigenous peoples, who are known in India as adivasis. The reasons for this are discussed. Some oral accounts help to bring out the enduring memory of that terrible time. The general health of the adivasis and the existing medical facilities in this area are examined. Attempts to check and treat the disease by the colonial government and its doctors, as well as missionary doctors and other non-governmental agencies, are considered to see why they had so little overall impact. Some comparisons are made with the fate of indigenous people in other parts of the world during the epidemic, in particular with the Inuits of Alaska.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- India, Adivasis -- History -- 20th century, India -- History -- 20th century | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Social History of Medicine | ||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0951-631X | ||||
Official Date: | August 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.25 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 644-664 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1093/shm/hks015 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 December 2015 |
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