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ISSN 0025-7273

An International Journal for the History of Medicine and Related Sciences

EDITOR: Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Centre for Global Health Histories and Department of History, University of YorkASSISTANT EDITOR: Alexander Medcalf, Centre for Global Health Histories and Department of History,

University of YorkBOOK REVIEWS: Akihito Suzuki, Keio University, and Asian Society for the History of Medicine

MEDIA REVIEWS: Aude Fauvel, University of Lausanne and Kayo Yasuda, Tokyo Metropolitan University

EDITORIAL BOARD:Tara Alberts, University of YorkAlison Bashford, University of CambridgeJaime Benchimol, Fiocruz, Rio De JaneiroJoanna Bourke, Birkbeck College, LondonWalter Bruchhausen, Aachen UniversityW. F. Bynum, University College LondonJing Wang Cavallanti, World Health OrganizationSabine Clarke, University of YorkDaniele Cozzoli, University of Pompeu FabraSuranjan Das, Jadavpur UniversityThomas David, University of LausanneJackie Duffin, Queen’s University, CanadaTanfer Emin Tunc, Hacettepe UniversityMariola Espinosa, Iowa UniversityChristoph Gradmann, University of OsloOle Grell, Open University, UKJeremy Greene, Johns Hopkins UniversityMark Harrison, University of OxfordPhilip Havik, Institute of Hygiene andTropical Medicine of LisbonDan Healey, University of OxfordSusan Heydon, Otago UniversityDavid Heymann, Chatham HouseNick Hopwood, University of CambridgeFrank G. Huisman, University Medical Centre (UMC),Utrecht, and European Society for the History of Medicineand HealthMark Jackson, University of Exeter

Colin Jones, Queen Mary, LondonAmarjit Kaur, University of New EnglandLi Shang-Jen, Harvard-Yenching Institute and the AsianSociety for the History of MedicineDebbie McCollin, University of West Indies atSt Augustine, Trinidad and TobagoHolger Maehle, Durham UniversityLauren Minsky, New York University Abu DhabiVanessa Noble, University of KwaZulu-NatalVivian Nutton, University College LondonDaniel O’Connor, Wellcome TrustGabriela Soto Laveaga, University of California,Santa BarbaraJoanna Radin, Yale UniversityDavide Rodogno, Graduate Institute, GenevaMagali Sa, Fiocruz, Rio De JaneiroFernando Salmon, University of Cantabria, andEuropean Society for the History of Medicine and HealthAndrew Scull, University of California, San DiegoSujit Sivasundaram, University of CambridgeLaurence Totelin, Cardiff UniversityNı́sia Trindade Lima, Fiocruz, Rio De JaneiroKalinga Tudor Silva, Peradeniya UniversityAlexandra Walsham, University of CambridgeDavid Wright, McGill UniversityFang Xiaoping, Nanyang Technological UniversityBrenda Yeoh, National University of SingaporePatrick Zylberman, Universities of Paris and Rennes

Medical History is a refereed journal devoted to all aspects of the history of medicine, health and related sciences, with the goalof broadening and deepening the understanding of the field, in the widest sense, by historical studies of the highest quality.It is associated with the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, the Asian Society for the History ofMedicine, and the World Health Organization’s Global Health Histories initiative. The membership of the Editorial Boardreflects the commitment to the finest international standards in refereeing of submitted papers and the reviewing of books. Thejournal publishes in English, but welcomes submissions from scholars for whom English is not the first language; language andcopy-editing assistance will be provided wherever possible.

SUBSCRIPTIONS:Medical History (ISSN: 0025-7273) is published quarterly inJanuary, April, July and October by Cambridge UniversityPress. The four parts form one annual volume. The 2017subscription price for Medical History volume 61 is £69(US$113) for print and electronic access for individuals. Singleparts are priced at £50 (US$79). Institutional subscriptionprices for volume 61 of Medical History are £174 (US$276) for print plus electronic access and £157 (US$248)for electronic-only access. For further information, visitcambridge.org/mdh

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INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS

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Contributions should be sent to the Editor, Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya sanjoy.bhattacharya@york.ac.uk by emailattachment. Contributions are considered on the understanding that they are unpublished and are not under considerationby another journal. Contributions should be submitted in electronic form as an email attachment, preferably in MS Wordformat.

Submission of articles· Articles should preferably not exceed 12,000 words including notes.· An abstract of up to 250 words should be included.· A list of up to 6 keywords is required.· The article should be submitted by email to the Editor sanjoy.bhattacharya@york.ac.uk· Files to be in Microsoft Word Doc or RTF.

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BOOK REVIEWSBooks for review should be sent to the Book Reviews Editor, Professor Akihito Suzuki, Department of Economics, KeioUniversity, 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 223-8521, Japan. Email: asuzuki@hc.cc.keio.ac.jp.Please note that the journal does not accept unsolicited reviews.

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A ‘Suitable Soil’: Plague’s Urban Breeding Grounds at the Dawnof the Third PandemicChristos Lynteris 343Lives in the Asylum Record, 1864 to 1910: Utilising Large DataCollection for Histories of Psychiatry and Mental HealthAngela McCarthy, Catharine Coleborne, Maree O’Connorand Elspeth Knewstubb 358Politics and Health at the WHO Regional Office for South EastAsia: The Case of Portuguese India, 1949–61Monica Saavedra 380War on Two Fronts: The Fight against Parasites in Korea andVietnamMark Harrison and Sung Vin Yim 401Medical Experts and Agnotology in the Fumes Controversy ofthe Huelva Copper Mines (1888–1890)Ximo Guillem-Llobat 424

B O O K R E V I E W S 444

B O O K S A L S O R E C E I V E D 471

M E D I A R E V I E W S 474