The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India
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The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India
About This Book
This book analyzes the diverse facets of the social history of health and medicine in colonial India. It explores a unique set of themes that capture the diversities of India, such as public health, medical institutions, mental illness and the politics and economics of colonialism. Based on inter-disciplinary research, the contributions offer valuable insight into topics that have recently received increased scholarly attention, including the use of opiates and the role of advertising in driving medical markets. The contributors, both established and emerging scholars in the field, incorporate sources ranging from palm leaf manuscripts to archival materials.
This book will be of interest to scholars of history, especially the history of medicine and the history of colonialism and imperialism, sociology, social anthropology, cultural theory, and South Asian Studies, as well as to health workers and NGOs.
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The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India
Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Social history of health and medicine: Colonial India MARK HARRISON AND BISWAMOY PATI
- 2 Ranald Martinâs Medical Topography (1837): The emergence of public health in Calcutta PARTHO DATTA
- 3 Beyond the bounds of time? The Haj pilgrimage from the Indian subcontinent, 1865â1920 SAURABH MISHRA
- 4 âSubordinateâ negotiations: Indigenous staff, the colonial state and public health AMNA KHALID
- 5 Plague, quarantine and empire: BritishâIndian sanitary strategies in Central Asia, 1897â1907 SANCHARI DUTTA
- 6 Medical research and control of disease: Kala-azar in British India ACHINTYA KUMAR DUTTA
- 7 The leprosy patient and society: Colonial Orissa, 1870sâ1940s BISWAMOY PATI AND CHANDI P. NANDA
- 8 Institutions, people and power: Lunatic asylums in Bengal, c. 1800â1900 WALTRAUD ERNST
- 9 âPrejudices clung to by the nativesâ: Ethnicity in the Indian army and hospitals for sepoys, c. 1870sâ1890s SAMIKSHA SEHRAWAT
- 10 Racial pathologies: Morbid anatomy in British India, 1770â1850 MARK HARRISON
- 11 Pharmacology, âindigenous knowledgeâ, nationalism: A few words from the epitaph of subaltern science PROJIT BIHARI MUKHARJI
- 12 Creating a consumer: Exploring medical advertisements in colonial India MADHURI SHARMA
- 13 Opium as a household remedy in nineteenth-century western India? AMAR FAROOQUI
- Index
Figures
- 4.1 Sketch map of the site of Hardwar fair
- 4.2 Pilgrim route from Chandi to Kashipur
- 5.1 British India, the Levant and Central Asia
- 5.2 Quarantine bases and British sanitary interests in Persia and the Persian Gulf, 1890s
- 12.1 Glaxo Baby-food
- 12.2 Arogyata Kee Devi â Amrit Dhara
- 12.3 Tested for seventeen years, Pustrajvatika (registered)
Tables
- 4.1 Duties of the subordinate police at the Kumbh mela of 1891 at Hardwar
- 4.2 Composition of the sanitary patrols for each administrative section of the pilgrimage site at the Kumbh mela of 1891
- 4.3 Statement showing the pay per mensem for regular police and chaukidars
- 11.1 A catalogue of books dealing with âindigenous drugsâ published between 1790 and 1869
Contributors
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Frontmatter 1
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Social history of health and medicine: Colonial IndiaâMARK HARRISON AND BISWAMOY PATI
- 2 Ranald Martinâs Medical Topography (1837): The emergence of public health in CalcuttaâPARTHO DATTA
- 3 Beyond the bounds of time? The Haj pilgrimage from the Indian subcontinent, 1865â1920âSAURABH MISHRA
- 4 âSubordinateâ negotiations: Indigenous staff, the colonial state and public healthâAMNA KHALID
- 5 Plague, quarantine and empire: BritishâIndian sanitary strategies in Central Asia, 1897â1907âSANCHARI DUTTA
- 6 Medical research and control of disease: Kala-azar in British IndiaâACHINTYA KUMAR DUTTA
- 7 The leprosy patient and society: Colonial Orissa, 1870sâ1940sâBISWAMOY PATI AND CHANDI P. NANDA
- 8 Institutions, people and power: Lunatic asylums in Bengal, c. 1800â1900âWALTRAUD ERNST
- 9 âPrejudices clung to by the nativesâ: Ethnicity in the Indian army and hospitals for sepoys, c. 1870sâ1890sâSAMIKSHA SEHRAWAT
- 10 Racial pathologies: Morbid anatomy in British India, 1770â1850âMARK HARRISON
- 11 Pharmacology, âindigenous knowledgeâ, nationalism: A few words from the epitaph of subaltern scienceâPROJIT BIHARI MUKHARJI
- 12 Creating a consumer: Exploring medical advertisements in colonial IndiaâMADHURI SHARMA
- 13 Opium as a household remedy in nineteenth-century western India?âAMAR FAROOQUI
- Index