Malaria and Empire Decay
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We have read with very great interest this little book published bj7 Mr. W. H. S. Jones, with added chapters by Major R. Ross, F.R.S., C.B., and Dr. C. G. Ellett * The chief author, Mr. Jones, is a classical scholar of distinction, and his views are, therefore, entitled to respect. We may agree with much of what Major Ross says in the introductory chapter that widespread disease is an important factor in racial decay and one that h?s been too little studied by historians. Major Ross does not mean by widespread disease epidemic infections as plague
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