Editor’s Note

Q3 Arts and Humanities

Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Pub Date : 2022-12-21 DOI:10.1353/ras.2022.0015

Paul H. Kratoska, Tham Junean, M. Samsudin, Fiona Williamson, Mathieu Guérin, Theophilus Kwek, Ahmad Husni, Mahani Musa, Theodore Hubback, Linda Lim, Pang Eng Fong, Faris Joraimi, D. Wong, Kwa Chong Guan, Lee Kam Hing, Hyun Kyung Lee, Jerry Dennerline, Ali Humayun Akhtar

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Abstract:The article explores the British Royal Navy’s encounter with disease in the Straits of Malacca from 1794 to 1815. Naval patrols normally protected vessels visiting the entrepôt cities of Penang and Malacca from piracy and privateering, and the Napoleonic Wars in Europe raised fears of a potential threat posed by French and Dutch warships. Naval vessels carried out repairs and purchased provisions in the ports, sharing facilities with the British East India Company. Their crews needed access to medical care to treat a variety of diseases, some endemic on the ships and others, such as malaria, contracted on land, and Penang provided some hospital care. Illness caused attrition among seamen on board Royal Naval vessels, and finding replacements locally was impossible. The Straits of Malacca was healthier than Bengal and Batavia but owing to poor hygiene and a lack of understanding of the aetiology of tropical diseases, death rates remained high.

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摘要：本文探讨了1794-1815年英国皇家海军在马六甲海峡遭遇疾病的经历。海军巡逻队通常保护访问港口城市槟城和马六甲的船只免受海盗和私掠，而欧洲的拿破仑战争引发了人们对法国和荷兰军舰构成潜在威胁的担忧。海军舰艇在港口进行维修并购买供应品，与英国东印度公司共享设施。他们的船员需要获得医疗护理来治疗各种疾病，其中一些是船上的地方病，另一些是陆地上感染的疟疾，槟城提供了一些医院护理。疾病导致皇家海军舰艇上的船员流失，在当地寻找替代者是不可能的。马六甲海峡比孟加拉和巴达维亚海峡更健康，但由于卫生条件差和对热带疾病病因缺乏了解，死亡率仍然很高。

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