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The University of the West Indies Press announces the release of Could It Be The Congos? By Pedro L.V. Welch, a groundbreaking study that examines the diagnosis and treatment of yellow fever by British military doctors in the eighteenth and nineteenth century Caribbean.

Focusing primarily on Barbados, this meticulously researched volume presents transcriptions from medical reports, enriched with extensive annotations and a comprehensive historiographical essay that situates the material within its historical framework. Through the voices of the practitioners themselves, readers gain direct insight into medical thinking and practice during a critical period in Caribbean history.

Chapters explore reports from across the region, including Antigua, British Guiana, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent and Trinidad and Tobago, offering a wide-ranging perspective on how yellow fever was understood and managed throughout the Caribbean.

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