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When we think of the French and Indian, or Seven Years\u2019 War, we often think of battles: The Monongahela, Ticonderoga, Qu\xe9bec. Yet, wars aren\u2019t just about battles. They\u2019re about people and governments too.

In this episode, we explore a very different aspect of the French and Indian or Seven Years\u2019 War. We explore the war through the lens of disease and medicine and how disease prompted the British government to take steps to keep its soldiers healthy.

Our guide for this investigation is Erica Charters, an Associate Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford and author of Disease, War, and the Imperial State: The Welfare of British Armed Forces during the Seven Years\u2019 War.

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