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A Medical History of Hong Kong : 1842-1941 /

This book tells the fascinating story of the development of medical and sanitation services in Hong Kong during the first century of British rule and how changing political values and directions of the colonial administration and the socioeconomic status of the Hong Kong affected the policies of dev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chan-Yeung, Moira (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-317) and index. 
505 0 |a The reluctant birth of medical services in Hong Kong -- Diseases of Venus : prostitution and its control -- The Chinese Hospital (Tung Wah) : its rise, decline, and rebirth -- Western medicine : a hard sell in Hong Kong -- The inconvenient truths : sanitation in Hong Kong -- The "great dying" : bubonic plague -- Plague : a breeding ground for improvements in public health -- Women's medicine : maternal and infant health -- The three great killers : malaria, smallpox, and beriberi -- A century of development and achievement. 
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520 |a This book tells the fascinating story of the development of medical and sanitation services in Hong Kong during the first century of British rule and how changing political values and directions of the colonial administration and the socioeconomic status of the Hong Kong affected the policies of development in these areas. It also recounts how the bubonic plague of 1894 changed the government's laissez-faire attitude towards sanitation and public health and began sanitary reforms and developed public health infrastructure. 
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