Agents of apocalypse epidemic disease in the colonial Philippines

Agents of apocalypse epidemic disease in the colonial Philippines

As waves of epidemic disease swept the Philippines in the late nineteenth century, physicians in the islands began to fear that the indigenous population would be wiped out. Many Filipinos interpreted the contagions as a harbinger of the Biblical Apocalypse. Though the direst forebodings did not com...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Bevoise, Ken 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: N.J. Princeton University Press 1995.
[Singapore iGLibrary; Heritage Books of Asia]
Subjects:
Epidemiology > Philippines.
Disease Outbreaks > History.
Online Access:http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/PUPB0000889.html
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