Public Health and Colonialism. The Case of German New Guinea 1884–1914

Public Health and Colonialism examines in detail the measures and goals of the German colonial administration in relation to issues of public health in German New Guinea 1884–1914.
Davies, Margrit
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Title: Public Health and Colonialism
Subtitle: The Case of German New Guinea 1884–1914
Author: Margrit Davies
Series: Quellen und Forschungen zur Südsee
Reihe B: Forschungen, Vol. 1
Publisher: Harrassowitz
Wiesbaden, Germany 2002
ISBN 3447046007 / ISBN 3-447-04600-7
ISBN 9783447046008 / ISBN 978-3-44-704600-8
Softcover, 17 x 24 cm, 234 pages, several bw-photos

About: Public Health and Colonialism. The Case of German New Guinea 1884–1914

Up to now far too little has been known about the influence and the effect of European medicine in colonies and not much has been known as yet about the introduction and activity of medical doctors, and public health in general, in the colony of German New Guinea. The present study examines for the first time in detail the measures and goals of the German colonial administration in relation to issues of public health. The activities of medical practitioners, medical orderlies and nurses are examined, as are problems with endemic tropical and introduced diseases, the reaction of the native population to European health measures, the training of native men as "Heiltultuls" and the efficacy of their deployment, and the introduction of western standards of hygiene. Margrit Davies scrutinises the interplay of public health and colonialism and attempts an answer to the question of how the especifically German variety of "colonial medicine" is to be evaluated.

Content: Public Health and Colonialism. The Case of German New Guinea 1884–1914

Preface
Illustrations
Conventions and Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Colonisation and the Medical Profession
Medical and Sociological Theories
Tropical Medicine as a Medical Speciality
Racial Hygiene and the Colonial Economy
Doctors in German New Guinea
Otto Schellong
Otto Dempwoiff
Bernhard Hagen
Communication
Organisation of Medical Services
Disputes between Doctors and the Administration
Doctors' Employment Record
The Europeans
Health and 111 Health
Kaiser-Wilhelmsland: Morbidity and Mortality
Bismarck Archipelago: Morbidity and Mortality
Training Settlers
Tuberculosis
Venereal Disease
Hookworm and Other Problems
Utopia in German New Guinea
Self-Help
Nutrition
Infrastructure
Hospitals and Nursing
Water Supply and Sanitation
Cost of Hospitals
A Hill Station
The Labour Force
Mortality Rates
Kaiser-Wilhelmsland
Bismarck Archipelago
Health Policies and Strategies
Smallpox
Malaria
Dysentery
Nutrition
Native Hospitals
The Indigenous Population
Health Policies and Strategies
Censuses
Malaria
Dysentery
Medical Services for Villagers
Population Decline
Klilz Report
Conclusion
Gesundheitswesen und Kolonialismus. Der Fall Deutsch-Neuguinea, 1884-1914
Bibliography
Index of Persons and Places

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