Chapter 6

In the pre-colonial and colonial periods, the British conducted their war against disease in the same way they conducted their conventional wars: conventionally. Certainly not as guerilla warriors, and not even with the um-pa-pa of a Sousa-style march, but with the stately determination of the Grenadiers. Doing things orderly, the right way. Fully believing their way - in fact their civilization - was the only right way.

And, when it came to fighting both enemies and disease, the British relied on the latest science of the day, employed by doctors and engineers. They identified all the variables they knew about, and tried to control each one.

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