Bilharzia: A History of Imperial Tropical Medicine

by John Farley

Book Overview

The advent of tropical medicine was a direct consequence of European and American imperialism, when military personnel, colonial administrators, businessmen, and settlers encountered a new set of diseases endemic to the tropics. Professor Farley describes how governments and organizations in Britain, the British colonies, the United States, Central and South America, South Africa, China, and the World Health Organization faced one particular tropical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521530601
• ISBN13: 9780521530606
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"