Open AccessMalaria in the 18th and 19th centuries in Ontario.
Author(s) -
A. M. Fallís
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
canadian journal of health history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2371-0179
pISSN - 0823-2105
DOI - 10.3138/cbmh.1.2.25
Subject(s) - governor , malaria , wife , evening , late 19th century , ancient history , history , geography , gerontology , law , medicine , political science , art , engineering , physics , astronomy , aerospace engineering , period (music) , immunology , aesthetics
The year was 1793. Invitations for a gala ball had been extended by the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and Mrs. Simcoe. The evening for gaiety arrived but the usual sparkle was missing. Mrs. Simcoe, ill with malaria, was unable to attend. Speculation suggests that the Governor, too, was not immune: as Mrs. Jarvis, the wife of William Jarvis, the Provincial Secretary, “his health is much impaired and his eyes are as yellow as saffron and he is peevish beyond description”. Others succumbed to the disease in the decades to follow as it spread across the southern part of the province bringing misery to hundreds.
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