During the siege at Quebec, 1759–60, which followed the battle on the
Plains of Abraham, high rates of disease contributed to the British defeat by
French forces in April 1760. While historians have not previously discussed
military medical preventative measures, a detailed examination of the siege
demonstrates sophisticated attempts to adapt to a foreign environment and
its disease, as well as how disease contributed to the development of
American provincial and British antagonism and perceptions of difference.
