This article revisits the origins of internationalism in the field of health and shows how the cholera epidemics of the nineteenth century, much like the current coronavirus crisis, brought global differences such as social inequalities, political hierarchies, and scientific conflicts to the fore. Beyond drawing parallels between the cholera epidemics and the current crisis, the article argues for combining imperial and social histories in order to write richer and more grounded histories of internationalism. It explores this historiographical and methodological challenge by analysing the boardrooms of the international sanitary conferences, Middle Eastern quarantine stations catering for Mecca pilgrims, and ocean steamships aiming to move without delay during a worldwide health crisis.

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大流行与差异政治：通过 19 世纪的霍乱改写国际主义的历史

本文回顾了卫生领域国际主义的起源，并展示了 19 世纪的霍乱流行病如何像当前的冠状病毒危机一样，将社会不平等、政治等级制度和科学冲突等全球差异带到了前台。除了将霍乱流行与当前危机相提并论之外，这篇文章还主张将帝国史与社会史结合起来，以写出更丰富、更扎实的国际主义历史。它通过分析国际卫生会议的会议室、为麦加朝圣者提供服务的中东检疫站以及旨在在全球健康危机期间毫不拖延地航行的远洋轮船，探讨了这一历史学和方法论挑战。