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Author Hussey, Kristin D., author.

Title Imperial bodies in London : empire, mobility, and the making of British medicine, 1880-1914 / Kristin D. Hussey.

Publication Info. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Science and culture in the nineteenth century
Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue. Imperial Bodies in the Museum -- Introduction. Medicine and Empire in London -- Part I. Disease, Environment, and the Ex-colonial at Home -- Chapter 1. The Tropical Invalid's Liver: Climate, Health, and Reacclimatization -- Chapter 2. The "Indian Insane's" Brain: Making Sunstroke Insanity -- Part II. Networks, Mobility, and Knowing Medicine at a Distance -- Chapter 3. Empire of the Eye: Race, Expertise, and the (Im)Mobilities of Cataract Surgery -- Chapter 4. "Something in his blood": Patrick Manson's Networks of Tropical Disease
Conclusion. The Cosmopolitanism of Imperial Disease -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Medicine.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century.
Colonies.
Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century.
Civilization.
British colonies.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Hussey, Kristin. Imperial Bodies in London. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2021 9780822946861
ISBN 9780822988441 (electronic book)
0822988445 (electronic book)
0822946866
9780822946861

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