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How illnesses like smallpox in colonial India exposed Britain’s myths of control and invincibility

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by Ipshita Nath

Aug 24, 2026 · 8:30 AM

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How illnesses like smallpox in colonial India exposed Britain’s myths of control and invincibility

An excerpt from ‘In Sickness and In Death: How Faith, Medicine and Race Shaped British India’, by Ipshita Nath.

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