Learning from Empire: Medicine, Knowledge and Transfers under Portuguese Rule

Learning from Empire: Medicine, Knowledge and Transfers under Portuguese Rule
ISBN-10
1527525562
ISBN-13
9781527525566
Category
Medical
Pages
269
Language
English
Published
2019-01-15
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Author
Poonam Bala

Description

Internationalisation of medical knowledge, its circulation and implementation through colonial institutions have played a significant role in combating diseases of public health importance. With contributions from reputed faculty and researchers, this volume examines the dynamics of circulation of medical knowledge and the creation of webs of empire through medical curiosities, medical and architectural knowledge, medical manuscripts, African agency, medical ideas and management of diseases, surgical and anatomical knowledge and a collective scientific enterprise in translating ‘local’ to ‘universal’ paradigms of practice.

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