Hallie R Buckley, Melandri Vlok, Peter Petchey, Neville Ritchie
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'A long want': an archival exploration of scurvy in the Otago goldfields of New Zealand.
In this paper we test a long-held assumption regarding Otago, New Zealand, goldfields life and death- that scurvy was a ubiquitous and persistent cause of misery and death among the goldminers. We will also explore a parallel argument that the Chinese market gardeners played a large role in stamping out the disease in the goldfields. Through the interrogation of various archival medical primary sources, we show that scurvy was indeed a terrible scourge in the Otago goldfields, but only during the initial rushes into new regions. We also argue that while Chinese market gardeners undoubtedly contributed to a more nutritious and varied diet for European miners and settlers, scurvy had already markedly reduced in frequency by the time of their arrival in the gold fields. Patient-oriented accounts of scurvy in the gold demonstrate the clinical and functional cost of scurvy in during the initial gold rushes of Otago. Furthermore, individual stories of previously anonymous patients found locked in these archival sources demonstrate the importance of re-humanising the past to understand the biological and social context of these frontier times.
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Aims: The Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand reflects the role of Royal Society Te Aparangi in fostering research and debate across natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities in New Zealand/Aotearoa and the surrounding Pacific. Research published in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand advances scientific knowledge, informs government policy, public awareness and broader society, and is read by researchers worldwide.