Burma/Myanmar: Syphilis And The Kachin Regeneration Campaign, 1937-1938

Burma/Myanmar: Syphilis And The Kachin Regeneration Campaign, 1937-1938 Mandy Sadan, 2010   In lieu of an abstract, here is a preview of the article.   It is the general belief of all who are acquainted with the Kachin Hills, that the Kachins are a dying race doomed shortly to disappear unless specific measures are taken to save them. Syphilis is rife, and owing to the freedom of pre-marital intercourse, is rapidly communicated. Opium, which is regarded as a specific for Malaria and Hill...

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