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Figure 3.1
Sacred ablutions in the zemzem, or fountain, at Mecca.
Source: Proust 1892. |
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communication between the countries of the world increased at the apogee of the imperialist age in the 1890s, so did the need to monitor health and welfare on an international scale. |
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When the ICD classification was first drawn up, it was based on one of the few preexisting classifications: Bertillon's list of causes of death in Paris (see Bertillon 1900). The center of the French empire imposed its own classification scheme on its colonies and other imperial powers followed suit. This fact was remarked upon at the time by many. For example, a South African doctor noted that tropical diseases were underrepresented. This omission remains a sore point to this day. |
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