The First Smallpox Epidemic on the Canadian Plains: In the Fur-traders' Words
William Tomison, in charge of the Hudson's Bay Company's Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan River, described the devastating smallpox epidemic of 1781 and 1782. He understood contagion, practised isolation and disinfection, and provided mortality statistics during a 'virgin soil...
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| description | William Tomison, in charge of the Hudson's Bay Company's Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan River, described the devastating smallpox epidemic of 1781 and 1782. He understood contagion, practised isolation and disinfection, and provided mortality statistics during a 'virgin soil' epidemic. Above all, he showed remarkable compassion. He and his men took dying Indians into their already crowded quarters, and provided them with food, shelter and 24 h care. This article describes the epidemic and its aftermath. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3add0fd628834547a9c9a638f047aebd2025-08-20T02:08:02ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23322000-01-0111211211510.1155/2000/782978The First Smallpox Epidemic on the Canadian Plains: In the Fur-traders' WordsC Stuart Houston0Stan Houston1Professor Emeritus of Medical Imaging, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaWC Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaWilliam Tomison, in charge of the Hudson's Bay Company's Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan River, described the devastating smallpox epidemic of 1781 and 1782. He understood contagion, practised isolation and disinfection, and provided mortality statistics during a 'virgin soil' epidemic. Above all, he showed remarkable compassion. He and his men took dying Indians into their already crowded quarters, and provided them with food, shelter and 24 h care. This article describes the epidemic and its aftermath.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/782978 |
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