biblioasia. Mad dogs and Englishmen 
Noyabr 06, 202006.11.2020
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biblioasia. Mad dogs and Englishmen 

Mad dogs and Englishmen 

biblioasia

Vol.16

Issue 01

Apr-Jun 2020

10/ The Scourge of Leprosy           16/ Malay Seals                       22/ Postcards Of History

28/ Keong Road Memories            32/ Architectural Snapshots           50/ A Chinese Knight

 

What gives me some comfort is that throughout history, humankind has faced other fatal infectious diseases and ultimately prevailed. In our cover story, Timothy P. Barnard looks at the deadly rabies outbreak in late 19th-century Singapore. Rabies caused a great scare here and led to the culling of over 22,000 dogs, but eventually it was eradicated from our shores.