The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India (Routledge Studies in South Asian History)

This book analyzes the diverse facets of the social history of health and medicine in colonial India. It explores a unique set of themes that capture the diversities of India, such as public health, medical institutions, mental illness and the politics and economics of colonialism. Based on inter-disciplinary research, the contributions offer valuable insight into topics that have recently received increased scholarly attention, including the use of opiates and the role of advertising in driving medical markets. The contributors, both established and emerging scholars in the field, incorporate sources ranging from palm leaf manuscripts to archival materials. This book will be of interest to scholars of history, especially the history of medicine and the history of colonialism and imperialism, sociology, social anthropology, cultural theory, and South Asian Studies, as well as to health workers and NGOs. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Figures......Page 8 Tables......Page 10 Contributors......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 14 1 Social history of health and medicine: Colonial India......Page 16 2 Ranald Martin’s Medical Topography (1837): The emergence of public health in Calcutta......Page 30 3 Beyond the bounds of time?: The Haj pilgrimage from the Indian subcontinent, 1865–1920......Page 46 4 ‘Subordinate’ negotiations: Indigenous staff, the colonial state and public health......Page 60 5 Plague, quarantine and empire: British–Indian sanitary strategies in Central Asia, 1897–1907......Page 89 6 Medical research and control of disease: Kala-azar in British India......Page 108 7 The leprosy patient and society: Colonial Orissa, 1870s–1940s......Page 128 8 Institutions, people and power: Lunatic asylums in Bengal, c. 1800–1900......Page 144 9 ‘Prejudices clung to by the natives’: Ethnicity in the Indian army and hospitals for sepoys, c. 1870s–1890s......Page 166 10 Racial pathologies: Morbid anatomy in British India, 1770–1850......Page 188 11 Pharmacology, ‘indigenous knowledge’, nationalism: A few words from the epitaph of subaltern science......Page 210 12 Creating a consumer: Exploring medical advertisements in colonial India......Page 228 13 Opium as a household: remedy in nineteenth-century western India?......Page 244 Index......Page 253 Ranald Martin's Medical Topography (1837) : The Emergence Of Public Health In Calcutta / Partho Datta -- The Haj Pilgrimage And Issues Of Health / Saurabh Mishra -- Subordinate Negotiations : The Indigenous Staff, Colonial State, And Public Health / Amna Khalid -- Plague, Quarantine, And Empire : British-indian Sanitary Strategies In Central Asia, 1897-1907 / Sanchari Dutta -- Medical Research And Control Of Disease : Kala-azar In British India / Achintya Kumar Dutta -- The Leprosy Patient And Society : Colonial Orissa, 1870s-1940s / Chandi P. Nanda And Biswamoy Pati -- Medical And Colonial Power : The Case Of The Mentally Ill In Nineteenth Century Bengal / Waltraud Ernst -- Prejudices Clung To By The Natives : Ethnicity In The Indian Army And Hospitals For Sepoys, C. 1870s-90s / Samiksha Sehrawat -- Racial Pathologies : Morbid Anatomy In British India, 1770-1850 / Mark Harrison -- Pharmacology, Indigenous Knowledge, Nationalism : Few Words From The Epitaph Of Subaltern Science / Projit B. Mukharji -- Creating A Medical Consumer : An Analytical Study Of Advertisements / Madhuri Sharma -- Opium As A Household Remedy In Nineteenth Century Western India / Amar Farooqui. [edited By] Biswamoy Pati And Mark Harrison. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Analyses the diverse facets of the social history of health and medicine in colonial India. This book explores a set of themes that capture the diversities of India, such as public health, medical institutions, mental illness and the politics and economics of colonialism.