UID:
almahu_9949701692302882
Umfang:
1 online resource (348 pages) :
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illustrations, portraits.
ISBN:
9789401203630
Serie:
The Wellcome series in the history of medicine 80
Inhalt:
Missionary medicine flourished during the period of high European imperialism, from the late-1800s to the 1960s. Although the figure of mission doctor - exemplified by David Livingstone and Albert Schweitzer - exercised a powerful influence on the Western imagination during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, few historians have examined the history of this important aspect of the missionary movement. This collection of articles on Asia and Africa uses the extensive archives that exist on medical missions to both enrich and challenge existing histories of the clinic in colonial territories - whether of the dispensary, the hospital, the maternity home or leprosy asylum. Some of the major themes addressed within include the attitude of different Christian denominations towards medical mission work, their differing theories and practices, how the missionaries were drawn into contentious local politics, and their attitude towards supernatural cures. Leprosy, often a feature of such work, is explored, as well as the ways in which local people perceived disease, healing and the missionaries themselves. Also discussed is the important contribution of women towards mission medical work. Healing Bodies, Saving Souls will be of interest not only to students and historians but also the wider reader as it aims to define the place of missionary within the overall history of medicine.
Anmerkung:
Preliminary Material /
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List of Illustrations /
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Acknowledgements /
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Introduction /
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Seeking Souls through the Eyes of the Blind: The Birth of the Medical Missionary Society in Nineteenth-Century China /
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Local Voluntarism: The Medical Mission of the London Missionary Society in Hong Kong, 1842-1923 /
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Professionalising the Rural Medical Mission in Weixian, 1890-1925 /
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Christian Therapy: Medical Missionaries and the Adivasis of Western India, 1880-1930 /
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Colonialism, Cannabis and the Christians: Mission Medical Knowledge and the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission of 1893-4 /
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African Medical Personnel of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa in Northern Rhodesia /
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'A Matter of Vital Importance': The Place of the Medical Mission in Maternal and Child Healthcare in Tanganyika, 1919-39 /
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Curing Bodies to Rescue Souls: Health in Capuchin's Missionary Strategy in Eritrea, 1894-1935 /
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The Social Dimensions of Christian Leprosy Work among Muslims: American Missionaries and Young Patients in Colonial Northern Nigeria, 1920-40 /
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Administering Leprosy Control in Ogoja Province, Nigeria, 1945-67: A Case Study in Government-Mission Relations /
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Notes on Contributors /
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Index /
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Healing bodies, saving souls. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006 ISBN 9789042021068
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9042021063
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Electronic books
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