{"product_id":"bilharzia-a-history-of-imperial-tropical-medicine-hardback-9780521400862","title":"Bilharzia; A History of Imperial Tropical Medicine (Hardback) 9780521400862","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBilharzia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of Imperial Tropical Medicine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Farley describes how governments and organizations faced one particular tropical disease, bilharzia or schistosomiasis.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Farley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521400862, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 July 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e372 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.676 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...compelling...\"    The Lancet\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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 disease, bilharzia or schistosomiasis. Bilharzia is caused by a species of blood vessel-inhabiting parasitic worms and today afflicts over 200 million people in seventy-four countries. John Farley demonstrates that British and American imperial policies and attitudes largely determined the nature of tropical medicine. Western medical practitioners defined the type of medical system that was imposed on the indigenous populations; they dictated which diseases were important and worthy of study, which diseases were to be controlled, and which control methods were to be used.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables and figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Imperial Approach (1898–World War II): 2. 1898: a declaration of war\u003cbr\u003e 3. 1898: another war, another continent\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bilharzia (1850–1918): the Looss controversies\u003cbr\u003e 5. The International Health Board\u003cbr\u003e 6. Bilharzia: optimism in Egypt (1918–39)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Into the 1930s: economics of disease\u003cbr\u003e 8. The 1930s: empires in transition\u003cbr\u003e 9. Bilharzia: World War II\u003cbr\u003e Part II. A Brief Interlude: Social Medicine: 10. New ideas\u003cbr\u003e 11. Bilharzia: pessimism in Egypt (1940–55)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Bilharzia: victory in China?\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Professional Approach (1950–1970s): 13. The new British Empire: finding the experts\u003cbr\u003e 14. South Africa (1950–60): social medicine versus scientific research\u003cbr\u003e 15. Bilharzia: second to only one\u003cbr\u003e 16. Bilharzia (1950–1970s): a strategic change\u003cbr\u003e 17. Conclusion: the imperial triad\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Tropical medicine [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Tropical medicine\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Tropical%20medicine%20%5BMMRT%5D%22\"\u003eMMRT\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005549007128,"sku":"9780521400862","price":94.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521400862i_02999075-2fc1-4df7-b382-5430a8ce68a3.jpg?v=1691381132","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bilharzia-a-history-of-imperial-tropical-medicine-hardback-9780521400862","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}