Anglo-European science and the rhetoric of empire : malaria, opium, and British rule in India, 1756-1895 / Paul C. Winther.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winther, Paul, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opium trade--India--History.

Opium trade.

Opium trade--China--History.

Malaria--Prevention.

History.

China.

Malaria--Prevention--History.

Malaria.

India.

Physical Description:

xviii, 429 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]

Contents:

Map Regions of India with Opium and Malaria Witnesses vii

2 The Missionaries' Lament in a Milieu of Indifference, 1773-1874 C.E. 33

3 The Gathering Storm: Protest, Politics, and Science, 1874-1893 C.E. 75

4 The Serendipitous Nature of "Except for Medical Use" and Participants in the Royal Commission Hearings 115

5 Hope for the Anti-Opiumists: Witnesses' Perspectives about Why People in India Eat Opium 157

6 More Hope for the Moralists? Witnesses' Observations about Who Eats Opium in India 203

7 Sir William Roberts' Evaluation of the Opium and 'Malaria' Evidence 231

8 The Anti-Opiumists' Nightmare 273

9 The Wider Context: Anglo-European Science and the Rhetoric of Empire 323

Appendix A Opium Only Relieves Pain 343

Appendix B Opium Prevents and Cures Just About Everything, Including 'Malarial Fever,' 'Fevers,' and the Diverse Detrimental Consequences of 'Miasmatic Influences' 345

Appendix C Cinchona Cultivation and Quinine Production in South Asia During the Nineteenth Century 349

Appendix D Anarcotine and Crude Opium Requirements (in Pounds) Using the Three Alkaloid Extraction Ratios for More than One Million Sufferers 357

Appendix E Alternative Format for Contents of Tables 12, 13, and 14 359

Appendix F Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Anarcotine/Narcotine Research and the Alkaloid's Irrelevance for 'Malaria' and Fever, and Subsequent Research 363.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-407) and index.

ISBN:

0739105841

OCLC:

51163687