The Administration of Sickness

Medicine and Ethics in Nineteenth-Century Algeria

• Author(s): W. Gallois,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 262
• ISBN_10: 0230582605
  ISBN_13: 9780230582606
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / History , History / Asia / General , History / Europe / France , History / Africa / General , History / Europe / General , History / Modern / General , Science / General , History / General ,

Description:... This book is the first comprehensive study of French medicine in nineteenth-century Algeria. It argues that the medicalization was a priority for colonial regimes, but this goal was thwarted by ineffectual French medicine, institutional rivalries, and the manner in which medicine became a focus for the resistance of French domination and rule.