Practising colonial medicine : the Colonial Medical Service in British East Africa / Anna Crozier.

  • Crozier, Anna.
Date:
2007
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Publication/Creation

London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2007.

Physical description

225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-218) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Recruitment into the Colonial Medical Service -- Subjective selection and recruitment trends -- Identity and experience I: practical reasons for being a doctor in East Africa -- Identity and experience II: ideological reasons for being a doctor in East Africa -- The organisation of the Colonial Medical Service in East Africa -- Medical recruitment and the ideals of empire -- Colonial medical communities -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Heads of the medical departments -- Appendix 2. Alphabetical list of medical officers with service dates -- Appendix 3. Obituary and biographical entry index.

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    History of Medicine
    BW.17.AA8-9
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  • 9781845114596
  • 1845114590