How slavery & empire shaped epidemiology
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What Is Jail Fever?
A lot of the research around jail fever revolved around crowded environments and and air. But since these were dispossessed populations, people really didn't care why. It wasn't until a guy by the name of howard who goes around and starts to study and explain why you have the spread of infectious so in one way, we can ser to think about what's happening with jail fever and its connection to empire.
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