Tropical medicine in the twentieth century
Subtitle: a history of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 1898-1990
By: Helen J. Power.
Publisher: Kegan Paul International; Distributed by Columbia University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; Tropical medicine -- England -- Liverpool -- History -- 20th century.
Description: This work is both a history of the renowned Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a study of the development of the discipline of tropical medicine in Britain in the twentieth century. The story of the School, and of the personalities and principles that have given it direction since its foundation, is presented against the background of the sweeping medical and social changes of this century. The result is a unique and dynamic study which demonstrates that as a socially-, politically- and economically- determined medical specialty, the history of tropical medicine is an ideal medium through which to explore the forces which shape medicine and its application in the contexts of imperialism, independence and the contemporary third world.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 258-271.
Includes bibliographical references and index.