Empire and Medicine
I. Racial science
II. Colonial government medicine
III. Missionary medicine
IV. Leprosy and humanitarianism
I. Racial Science
I. Racial Science
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Originally, relationships between Europeans and
Africans were positive
I. Racial Science
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Originally, relationships between Europeans and
Africans were positive
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Slave trade and colonialism meant…
I. Racial Science
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Originally, relationships between Europeans and
Africans were positive
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Slave trade and colonialism meant…
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Polygenism: multiple races created at the
beginning
I. Racial Science
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Originally, relationships between Europeans and
Africans were positive
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Slave trade and colonialism meant…
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Polygenism: multiple races created at the
beginning
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Monogenism: one race at the beginning
Types of Mankind, Nott and Gliddon (1854)
Who provided medicine in the colonial world?
Who provided medicine in the colonial world?
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Colonial Government
Who provided medicine in the colonial world?
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Colonial Government
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Missionaries
Who provided medicine in the colonial world?
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Colonial Government
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Missionaries
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Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?
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Colonial Government
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Missionaries
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Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?
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Colonial Government
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For government employees and labourers
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Missionaries
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Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?
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Colonial Government
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For government employees and labourers
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Medical campaigns
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Missionaries
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Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?
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Colonial Government
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For government employees and labourers
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Medical campaigns
Missionaries
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General hospitals and dispensaries
Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?
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Colonial Government
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For government employees and labourers
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Medical campaigns
Missionaries
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General hospitals and dispensaries
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Maternity and child welfare
Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?
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•
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Colonial Government
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For government employees and labourers
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Medical campaigns
Missionaries
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General hospitals and dispensaries
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Maternity and child welfare
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Leprosy
Local healers
Why did they provide medicine?
Why did they provide medicine?
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To support and justify colonialism
Why did they provide medicine?
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To support and justify colonialism
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Economics
Why did they provide medicine?
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To support and justify colonialism
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Economics
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Evangelization
Why did they provide medicine?
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To support and justify colonialism
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Economics
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Evangelization
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Humanitarianism
Why did they provide medicine?
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To support and justify colonialism
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Economics
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Evangelization
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Humanitarianism
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Vulnerability and suffering
Why did they provide medicine?
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To support and justify colonialism
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Economics
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Evangelization
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Humanitarianism
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Vulnerability and suffering
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Social engineering
What kind of medicine did they provide?
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Colonial Government
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For government employees and labourers
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Medical campaigns
Missionaries
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General hospitals and dispensaries
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Maternity and child welfare
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Leprosy
Local healers
Trypanosomiasis
Spread by
Tsetse fly
Habitat
Brush and wooded
environments,
especially by water
Symptoms
1st Stage
Fever, headaches, joint pains, itching, swelling of
lymph nodes
2nd Stage (Neurological)
Sleep episodes,
confusion, paralysis,
psychotic reactions,
aggressive behavior,
apathy
Diagnosis
Control
What kind of medicine did they provide?
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Colonial Government
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For government employees and labourers
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Medical campaigns
Missionaries
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General hospitals and dispensaries
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Maternity and child welfare
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Leprosy
Local healers
Ugandan History Timeline
Ugandan History Timeline
1857
First European
Arrives
Ugandan History Timeline
1877
Missionaries
Arrive
1857
First European
Arrives
Ugandan History Timeline
1877
Missionaries
Arrive
1857
First European
Arrives
British
1894
Protectorate
Established
Ugandan History Timeline
Independence
Missionaries
1877
WWI
Arrive
1857
First European
Arrives
British
1894
Protectorate
Established
1962
WWII
BELRA Annual Report, 1929
BELRA Annual Report, 1929
Responses to Leprosy in Uganda
Responses to Leprosy in Uganda
I.
Pre-colonial Responses to Leprosy
Responses to Leprosy in Uganda
I.
Pre-colonial Responses to Leprosy
II.
In-Patient Leprosy Settlements
1927-1951
Responses to Leprosy in Uganda
I.
Pre-colonial Responses to Leprosy
II.
In-Patient Leprosy Settlements
1927-1951
III. Expanding Leprosy Services
1951-1967
Responses to Leprosy in Uganda
I.
Pre-colonial Responses to Leprosy
II.
In-Patient Leprosy Settlements
1927-1951
III. Expanding Leprosy Services
1951-1967
IV. Mobile Leprosy Clinics and the Elimination
of Leprosy
1967-1994
Ugandan History Timeline
Independence
1927
Missionaries
1877
WWI
WWII
Arrive
1857
First European
Arrives
British
1894
Protectorate
Established
1951
1962
1994
Breakdown of Annual Grants (1947)
L.G.
Mission
Charities
and
Donors
Protectorate
Government
Lake Bunyonyi Leprosy Settlement in Uganda (£3155)
Biomedical Care for Leprosy Patients in
Uganda (1947-48)
Mission Leprosy
Settlements
No Biomedical Treatment
Government
Hospitals
Some of the new houses on the leper island mentioned
in Dr. Symonds’ Letter
Ruanda Notes, 1939
After Service, Laing’s Photograph Album
Wolf Cubs on the Leper Island, 1st Bwama Pack
Ruanda Notes, 1941
‘Non-infected children of lepers about to pull gifts out of
their Christmas pie’, Ruanda Notes, 1944
A new industry on the leper island. Making tiles for the
roof of their church,
Ruanda Notes, 1946
Dressings, Kumi, G.M. Langley’s Photograph Album
A Leper Knitting a Jumper
Ruanda Notes, 1942