Country of Poxes : Three Germs and the Taking of Territory Science Fiction dependency

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Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada

George Henry (about 1805-after 1877)

The recordings that are transcribed

Country of Poxes : Three Germs and the Taking of Territory Science Fiction dependencyCountry of Poxes is the story of land theft in North America through three diseases: syphilis, smallpox and tuberculosis. These infectious diseases reveal that medical care, widely considered a magnanimous cornerstone of the Canadian state, developed in lockstep with colonial control over Indigenous land and life. Pathogens are storytellers of their time. The 500 year old debate over the origins of syphilis reflects colonial judgments of morality and