This ground-breaking work offers a detailed exploration of the diagnosis and treatment of yellow fever by British military doctors in the Caribbean during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Focusing primarily on Barbados, the book presents a collection of transcripts from medicalreports,accompaniedbyextensiveannotationsandacomprehensivehistoriographical essay that contextualizes the research within its historical framework.
Through the voices of the practitioners themselves, the study sheds light on the medical practicesofthetime,allowingreaderstoengagedirectlywiththedoctors’writings.Each chapter delves into reports from various Caribbean territories, including Antigua, British Guiana,Dominica,Grenada,StKitts,StLucia,StVincent,Tobago,andTrinidad,providingarich tapestry of insights into how yellow fever was perceived and treated across the region.
