Learning from empire : medicine, knowledge and transfers under Portuguese rule /

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Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12648488
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Other authors / contributors:Bala, Poonam, 1958- editor.
ISBN:9781527525566
1527525562
1527515923
9781527515925
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary: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 'uni.
Other form:Print version: Learning from empire. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 1527515923