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How illnesses like smallpox in colonial India exposed Britain’s myths of control and invincibility (opens the original)
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As we know, the fear of contagion predominated most British reports of infectious diseases in India. The tropical climate of the subcontinent was blamed once again and the dangers of the “miasmatic emanation” were discussed frequently. As sanitary improvements were introduced under the colonial regime, reflecting the hygiene consciousness of the mid-19th century in Europe, the dread of the miasmatic towns of India intensified, leading to the increased focus on social class as a determinant of sm
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