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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Main Authors: C Stuart Houston, Stan Houston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2000-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/782978
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