醫療與帝國：從全球史看現代醫學的誕生

by Pratik Chakrabarti

A comprehensiveoverview of the history of medicine and European imperialism from the seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century. Drawing on recent scholarship, the textcomparatively examines the keydevelopments that took place within colonialism and medicine and exploresthe main historiographical issues surrounding the topics.

Genres: History, Health, Nonfiction

432 pages, Paperback

First published March 13, 2012

Reviews

[Carolinemawer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read to do a published book review of it - when it gets published, I'll cross link it

[LaanSiBB]

Although it's arbitrary to assert modern medicine as the by-product of western colonization, it is an interesting direction to connect the dots. Starting from trade to colonies to ongoing decoloniality, the book attempts to discuss medical development through the lens of global history. The chapters on plants import to Europe and military health are quite interesting as they protrude to today's medical development. The chapter on invented Chinese Traditional Medicine is especially intriguing as the cause was an attempt to "decolonial". Overall a great work as a starting point to historical medical studies.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read as part of my degree, but actually really interesting and enjoyable - go figure!

[Jiro]

西方的博物学传统；化学进步与药学；殖民地医学；被发明的传统作为回应；巴斯德的发现与法国殖民者的使命感

[Erin]

summer 24 - GSRM