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Book SynopsisThis collection of articles on Asia and Africa uses the extensive archives that exist on medical missions to both enrich and challenge existing histories of the clinic in colonial territories – whether of the dispensary, the hospital, the maternity home or leprosy asylum. Some of the major themes addressed within include the attitude of different Christian denominations towards medical mission work, their differing theories and practices, how the missionaries were drawn into contentious local politics, and their attitude towards supernatural cures.
Trade Review"The articles here are of a consistently high standard, and form a stimulating and rewarding collection Healing bodies, saving souls is a welcome contribution that demonstrates the many fresh insights that can be gained from the proper use and analysis of missionary sources. It will be of considerable value to students, specialists, and generalists alike, and it provides a firm basis for future work…" – in: Medical History 51/4 (2007), pp. 547-551 "[E]specially valuable to scholars of the specific regions discussed, yet also to students and anyone seeking an indication of the breadth of missionary medicine’s influence in the 19th and 20th centuries… a noteworthy contribution to the field." – in: Wellcome History 37 (Spring 2008)
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements David HARDIMAN: Introduction Michael C. LAZICH: Seeking Souls through the Eyes of the Blind: The Birth of the Medical Missionary Society in Nineteenth-Century China Timothy MAN-KONG WONG: Local Voluntarism: The Medical Mission of the London Missionary Society in Hong Kong, 1842–1923 John R. STANLEY: Professionalising the Rural Medical Mission in Weixian, 1890–1925 David HARDIMAN: Christian Therapy: Medical Missionaries and the Adivasis of Western India, 1880–1930 James H. MILLS: Colonialism, Cannabis and the Christians: Mission Medical Knowledge and the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission of 1893–4 Linda Beer KUMWENDA: African Medical Personnel of the Universities’ Mission to Central Africa in Northern Rhodesia Michael JENNINGS: ‘A Matter of Vital Importance’: The Place of the Medical Mission in Maternal and Child Healthcare in Tanganyika, 1919–39 Uoldelul Chelati DIRAR: Curing Bodies to Rescue Souls: Health in Capuchin’s Missionary Strategy in Eritrea, 1894–1935 Shobana SHANKAR: The Social Dimensions of Christian Leprosy Work among Muslims: American Missionaries and Young Patients in Colonial Northern Nigeria, 1920–40 John MANTON: Administering Leprosy Control in Ogoja Province, Nigeria, 1945–67: A Case Study in Government–Mission Relations Notes on Contributors Index
