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The Administration of Sickness: Medicine and Ethics in Nineteenth-Century Algeria

The Administration of Sickness: Medicine and Ethics in Nineteenth-Century Algeria

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Medical ReferenceAfrican HistoryGeneral Asian History

ISBN10: 0230500439
ISBN13: 9780230500433
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Sep 24 2008
Pages: 262
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book is the first comprehensive study of French medicine in nineteenth-century Algeria. It argues that the medicalization was a priority for colonial regimes, but this goal was thwarted by ineffectual French medicine, institutional rivalries, and the manner in which medicine became a focus for the resistance of French domination and rule.

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