Article ID: CBB000111976

The Ceylon malaria epidemic of 1934--35: A case study in colonial medicine (2000)

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Description Examining the responses of the imperial government, the colonial government and the colonial medical services to this medical emergency, establishes that the epidemic was a turning point in the health services of Ceylon and thus Sri Lanka.


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Authors & Contributors
Jones, Margaret
Gagandip Cheema
McCrea, Heather
Shin, Y. J.
Yip, Ka-che
Willrich, Michael
Journals
Social History of Medicine
Medical History
Korean Journal of Medical History
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History
Indian Journal of History of Science
Publishers
University of New Mexico Press
Penguin
Johns Hopkins University Press
I. B. Tauris
Hong Kong University Press
Duke University Press
Concepts
Public health
Disease and diseases
Colonialism
Medicine and government
Medicine
Great Britain, colonies
People
Choe Ung-sok
Semple, David
Jamot, Eugene
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
India
Japan
Mexico
Korea
Africa
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
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