1st Edition

Tropical Medicine in the Twentieth Century A History of The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 1898-1990

By Helen J. Power Copyright 1999
312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1998. Despite the upsurge of interest in the history of tropical medicine, international public health and the provision of health care in colonial and post-colonial tropical countries, no major text discusses the history of the academic discipline in the twentieth century. In Britain, the two Schools of Tropical Medicine opened within six months of each other in the final year... Read more

INTRODUCTION 1 TROPICAL MEDICINE ON TEMPERATE MERSEYSIDE 2 SIERRA LEONE: THE PERMANENT RESEARCH EXPEDITION 3 DRUGS FOR THE TROPICS 4 A BRAVE NEW WORLD? THE LSTM AFTER WORLD WAR II 5 'WE LIVE TO SERVE IN THE TROPICS': TEACHING THE TEACHERS 6 IN THE NAME OF THE CHILD: TROPICAL PAEDIATRICS 7 TEACHING AND STUDENTS 8 INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE

Biography

Helen J. Power