Article ID: CBB106867993

Medical profession and unemployment in colonial Madras (1835–1930) (2022)

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The institutional beginning of the medical education in colonial India neither originated from metropolitan models nor due to indigenous precedents but the development of medical profession was the result of military requirements of the British empire. The first General Hospital was established in Madras in the latter half of seventeenth century and the purpose was to treat the sick soldiers of the East India Company. The institutionalisation of medical education began with the establishment of a Medical School in 1835. Beginning from this, the medical instruction developed in the presidency of Madras and became one of the most sought professions after law. As the number of students increased in the profession of medicine, the stringent qualification criteria were imposed for admission and subsequently the graduates faced unemployment. By 1930s, unemployment was evident among the medical students and a committee was set up to investigate the issue. However, the historiography on the development of professions is silent in this regard. Viewed in this context, the present paper tries to study the development of medical profession and contextualises the problem of unemployment among the medical graduates in Madras Presidency.

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Authors & Contributors
Ashraf Wani, Mohd
Bhat, Rouf Ahmad
Sehrawat, Samiksha
Arnold, David J.
Zeheter, Michael
Honarmand Ebrahimi, Sara
Concepts
Great Britain, colonies
Colonialism
Medicine
Hospitals and clinics
Disease and diseases
Medicine and government
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
Places
India
Calcutta (India)
Istanbul (Turkey)
Nigeria
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
Institutions
British East India Company
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