Abstract This essay traces the historical relationship between the construction of the Nile River and the prevalence of disease in Egypt in the long twentieth century, with an eye to the relevance of this history to other regions on the African continent impacted by the construction of large dams. Beginning in the second decade of the nineteenth century and stretching through the 1970s, the Nile River underwent a dramatic process of transformation. Two large dams–the 1902 Khazan Aswan and the Aswan High Dam–were constructed on the river. Networks of perennial irrigation canals facilitated the practice of year-round agricultural production and the High Dam provided electricity. The remaking of Egypt's riparian ecologies also had important implications for the health of Egypt's population as these ecologies were associated with new landscapes of disease and approaches to biomedical treatment.

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受阻的身体：对水安全和公共卫生的历史思考

摘要 本文追溯了 20 世纪漫长的尼罗河建设与埃及疾病流行之间的历史关系，着眼于这段历史与非洲大陆受大型水坝建设影响的其他地区的相关性。 . 从 19 世纪的第二个十年开始，一直延伸到 1970 年代，尼罗河经历了戏剧性的转变过程。两座大坝——1902 年的 Khazan Aswan 和 Aswan High Dam——建在河上。常年灌溉渠网络促进了全年农业生产的实践，高坝提供电力。埃及河岸生态的重建也对埃及的健康产生了重要影响。