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"Standard histories of medicine celebrate brilliant Westerners such as Florence Nightingale and John Snow. In this unorthodox telling, Jim Downs turns our focus to another key group of contributors: the subjugated peoples-forced into close quarters by enslavement and empire-whose bodies were the experimental matter on which medical progress relied"--

Epidemiology --- Slaves --- Imperialism and science --- War --- Science and imperialism --- Science --- History --- Health and hygiene --- Medical aspects --- Medicine and war --- War and medicine --- Medicine, Military --- Imperialism and science. --- History. --- Health and hygiene. --- Medical aspects. --- Enslaved persons --- Persons --- Slavery --- Diseases --- Public health --- Enslaved persons. --- Épidémiologie --- Médecine --- Esclaves --- Colonisation --- Guerres --- history. --- Histoire. --- Santé et hygiène. --- Aspect médical. --- Épidémiologie --- Médecine --- Santé et hygiène. --- Aspect médical.