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Between 1900 and 1909, 499 cases of bubonic plague were officially reported in Queensland, resulting in 219 deaths. Outbreaks of the 'medieval' disease led medical authorities to implement more comprehensive public health and sanitary measures.
Despite proliferation of the disease, an eccentric doctor, Thomas Lucas, author of the novels, The Curse and Its Cure (1894) and Brisbane Revisited in the Year 2200, issued a pamphlet denying the existence of the plague. He later became well-known for his pawpaw ointment that remains in production today.
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 | Dr Thomas Lucas denies an outbreak of bubonic plague in a pamphlet, c June 1901. The eccentric doctor later became well-known for his pawpaw ointment that is still sold today.
Queensland State Archives Item ID 1139149, Digital Image ID 2896 Home Secretary’s Office
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