.
Osler Library image of William Aitken (http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/oslerprints/fullrecord.php)
.
.
Note latitudinal-based borders for color pattern (torrid, temperate, frigid zones). Diseases defined on the map are hard to read, but include beriberi, dysentery, leprosy, and of course remittent and intermittent fevers (see close-up of this section below)
.
.
.
More of the diseases defined. The well-inland nature of Small Pox is noted in several other maps on this site (see Mexico). Indigenous cultures were the most susceptible and their regions of occupation were typically blamed. Cholera tended to follow the ship and overland routes inland into Hindoostan.
.
.. . .
article continued at this GOOGLE BOOKS LINK
…..
A Book Review Follows:
.
.
.
.
Brian Altonen, MPH, MS 