The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 and the Adivasis of Western India

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 discus...

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Published in:Social History of Medicine
Main Author: Hardiman, David
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Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313811/
https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks015
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7313811 2023-05-15T16:55:28+02:00 The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 and the Adivasis of Western India Hardiman, David 2012-08 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313811/ https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks015 en eng Oxford University Press http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313811/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks015 © The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. All rights reserved. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections. Soc Hist Med Original Articles Text 2012 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks015 2020-06-28T00:37:52Z 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. Text inuits Alaska PubMed Central (PMC) Social History of Medicine 25 3 644 664
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