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Healing the African body : British medicine in West Africa, 1800-1860 / John Rankin.
Van Pelt Library RA552.A358 R36 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rankin, John, Ph. D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Africa, West--History--19th century.
- Medicine.
- British--Africa, West--History--19th century.
- British.
- Imperialism and science--Africa, West--History--19th century.
- Imperialism and science.
- History.
- Africa, West--History--19th century.
- Africa, West.
- West Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- The ideas of race and medicine
- British and West African health care
- British missionaries and the health of Africans
- African and European health in the West African squadron
- Appendix. Percentage of royal navy ship personnel entered onto the sick list.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826220541
- 9780826220547
- OCLC:
- 891854536
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