Surgery, imperial rule and colonial societies (1800-1930) technical, institutional and social histories
The chapter is fundamentally concerned with the ways in which political, social and cultural contexts shaped the performance and perceptions of surgery. The topic is examined in specific relation to nineteenth-century colonial empire, and analysis occurs through a number of apertures. Most broadly,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan
2018, [2018]
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The chapter is fundamentally concerned with the ways in which political, social and cultural contexts shaped the performance and perceptions of surgery. The topic is examined in specific relation to nineteenth-century colonial empire, and analysis occurs through a number of apertures. Most broadly, the chapter surveys the institutional and administrative frameworks that influenced surgery, before moving into the more intimate spaces of operating rooms and surgical wards in colonial hospitals to examine social relations between surgeons and their patients under colonialism |
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| Item Description: | Chapter of the book: The Palgrave handbook of the history of surgery. London : Palgrave Macmillan, c 2018 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |