Jamaica and Disease


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Although drawn in 1800, this cartoon could be applied to most periods that Europeans had to struggle with disease until the medical revolution of the late 19th century. Up until that point, the death rate from disease was horrific.

Image courtesy of Royal Museums Greenwich


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by Stephen Luscombe