RESEARCH ON TROPICAL MEDICINE AND GERM THEORY IN COLONIAL HONG KONG: FOCUSING ON MALARIA AND PLAGUE PREVENTION

Research on Tropical Medicine and Germ Theory in Colonial Hong Kong: Focusing on Malaria and Plague Prevention

At the end of the nineteenth century, Hong Kong was in the midst of a malaria and plague epidemic which caused a fierce dispute within the medical community over disease theories and quarantine practices.However, the Hong Lampshade Kong colonial authorities and medical community did not immediately accept the theory of etiology based on germ theory

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