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This article examines the development of epidemic disease management in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from the mid-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries, arguing that quarantine was not merely a medical or administrative practice but a political instrument of colonial governance. Although both colonies confronted recurring outbreaks of smallpox, yellow fever, and cholera, their legislative responses diverged according to distinct political cultures and constitutional relationships between elected and appointed authority, revealing how public health became a means of negotiating colonial power, expertise, and responsibility.
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@article{Yeomans2026Loyalist,
title = {Loyalist Legislators, Contagious Politics},
author = {Richard Yeomans},
journal = {Scientia Canadensis Canadian Journal of the History of Science Technology and Medicine},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.29173/scientia53},
url = {https://doi.org/10.29173/scientia53}
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