The Development of Modern Medicine in Non-Western Countries: Historical Perspectives Book

1 Introduction: for a history of modern medicine in non-Western countries Hormoz Ebrahimnejad Ebrahimnejad, Hormoz 1

2 Medical experimentation in British India: the case of Dr. Helenus Scott Mark Harrison Harrison, Mark 23

3 The construction of disease transmission in nineteenth-century Egypt Anne Marie Moulin Moulin, Anne Marie 42

4 The waqf, the state and medical education in nineteenth century Iran Hormoz Ebrahimnejad Ebrahimnejad, Hormoz 59

5 Waqf endowments and the emergence of modern charitable hospitals in the Ottoman Empire: the case of Zeynep-Kamil hospital in Istanbul Feza Gunergun Gunergun, Feza Seref Etker Etker, Seref 82

6 A bounded medical pluralism: Ayurveda and Western medicine in colonial and independent Sri Lanka Margaret Jones Jones, Margaret 108

7 'Modern medicine' in French colonial Vietnam: from the importation of a model to its nativisation Laurence Monnais Monnais, Laurence 127

8 Making modernity with medicine: mission, state and community in leprosy control, Ogoja, Nigeria, 1945-50 John Manton Manton, John 160

9 Cholera, consumer and citizenship: modernisations of medicine in Japan Akihito Suzuki Suzuki, Akihito Mika Suzuki Suzuki, Mika 184

General bibliography 204

Index 228