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'Captain of All These Men of Death': An Integrated Case Study of Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century Otago, New Zealand
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Case study
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Source
Bioarchaeology International. Fall 2019, Vol. 3 Issue 4, p219, 22 p.
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English
Abstract
Yet the captain of all these men of death that came against him to take him away, was the consumption, for it was that that brought him down to the [...]
The South Island of New Zealand saw several major waves of migration in the mid-nineteenth century, predominantly from Europe but also with an ethnically distinct Chinese presence. The rural community of Milton, Otago, was a settler community established primarily by immigrants from the United Kingdom in search of a better quality of life. However, these settlers faced unique challenges related to surviving in an isolated location with very little infrastructure compared to their origin populations. In 2016, excavation was undertaken at St. John's burial ground, Milton, with the object of using bioarchaeological methods to elucidate the lived experience of the first organized European settlement of this region, particularly in terms of health and disease. Here we present a case study of Burial 21 (B21), a male individual of known identity and a documented cause of death. We use biochemical and paleopathological methods to ground-truth his written history, which includes a period of invalidism due to tuberculosis, and discuss the implications of our findings for the community, provision of care, and quality of life in rural colonial New Zealand. Keywords: paleopathology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; bioarchaeology of care He maha tonu nga hekenga tangata ki Te Waka a Maui i nga tau kei waenga pu o te rau tau 1800, ko te nuinga no Uropi, heoi he tokomaha tonu no Haina. Na nga manene no Peretania te hapori o Milton i whakatu ki Tokomairaro, i Otakou, i to ratou hiahia ki tetehi oranga kounga ake i to ratou oranga i Peretania. Heoi, ko etehi o nga wero nui i tau ki nga manene nei i ahu mai i te noho pureirei ki tetehi wahi kaore rawa nga ratonga i rite ki nga wahi i ahu mai ai ratou. I te tau 2016, i hahu koiwi i te urupa o Hato Hone, i Milton, hei whakamatau i te kaha o te ora me nga momo mate i pa atu ki nga tangata whai i noho i te rohe nei. Nei ra he ripoata mo tetehi kua hahua, kua tapaina ko B21, he tane ia, ko tona ingoa kua mohiotia, ko tona mate kua ata tuhia. Kua ata whakamatauria ona koiwi me ona toenga kiko mo nga tohu ora me nga tohu mate, kia marama ai mena ranei e hangai ana nga tuhinga rongoa mona, nga mea i tuhia nona e takatu ana, tae atu ki te wa i turoro ia i te mate kohi, ki nga tohu e puta ana i te matauranga Rongoa-Koiora o naianei. Ka matapakina nga hirautanga o nga kitenga me te maramatanga kua puta i tenei rangahau e pa ana ki te hapori, ki nga ratonga hauora, me te kounga o te oranga mo te hunga noho tuawhenua i tera wa i Aotearoa.
The South Island of New Zealand saw several major waves of migration in the mid-nineteenth century, predominantly from Europe but also with an ethnically distinct Chinese presence. The rural community of Milton, Otago, was a settler community established primarily by immigrants from the United Kingdom in search of a better quality of life. However, these settlers faced unique challenges related to surviving in an isolated location with very little infrastructure compared to their origin populations. In 2016, excavation was undertaken at St. John's burial ground, Milton, with the object of using bioarchaeological methods to elucidate the lived experience of the first organized European settlement of this region, particularly in terms of health and disease. Here we present a case study of Burial 21 (B21), a male individual of known identity and a documented cause of death. We use biochemical and paleopathological methods to ground-truth his written history, which includes a period of invalidism due to tuberculosis, and discuss the implications of our findings for the community, provision of care, and quality of life in rural colonial New Zealand. Keywords: paleopathology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; bioarchaeology of care He maha tonu nga hekenga tangata ki Te Waka a Maui i nga tau kei waenga pu o te rau tau 1800, ko te nuinga no Uropi, heoi he tokomaha tonu no Haina. Na nga manene no Peretania te hapori o Milton i whakatu ki Tokomairaro, i Otakou, i to ratou hiahia ki tetehi oranga kounga ake i to ratou oranga i Peretania. Heoi, ko etehi o nga wero nui i tau ki nga manene nei i ahu mai i te noho pureirei ki tetehi wahi kaore rawa nga ratonga i rite ki nga wahi i ahu mai ai ratou. I te tau 2016, i hahu koiwi i te urupa o Hato Hone, i Milton, hei whakamatau i te kaha o te ora me nga momo mate i pa atu ki nga tangata whai i noho i te rohe nei. Nei ra he ripoata mo tetehi kua hahua, kua tapaina ko B21, he tane ia, ko tona ingoa kua mohiotia, ko tona mate kua ata tuhia. Kua ata whakamatauria ona koiwi me ona toenga kiko mo nga tohu ora me nga tohu mate, kia marama ai mena ranei e hangai ana nga tuhinga rongoa mona, nga mea i tuhia nona e takatu ana, tae atu ki te wa i turoro ia i te mate kohi, ki nga tohu e puta ana i te matauranga Rongoa-Koiora o naianei. Ka matapakina nga hirautanga o nga kitenga me te maramatanga kua puta i tenei rangahau e pa ana ki te hapori, ki nga ratonga hauora, me te kounga o te oranga mo te hunga noho tuawhenua i tera wa i Aotearoa.