Unseen Enemy : the English, Disease, and Medicine in Colonial Bengal, 1617-1847.

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Europeans in early colonial Bengal fell prey to new diseases that their limited pharmacopeia, based on an imperfect knowledge of physiology, often failed to treat. This book looks at clinical observations and theories by several English doctors, who, with the encouragement of the East India Company,...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bhattacharya, Sudip
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
Subjects:
Medical care > India > Bengal > History.
Medicine > India > Bengal > History.
Medical care > Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Medicine > Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Medicine > History.
Medicine > History > 17th century.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
History of Medicine
Colonialism > history
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
Physicians > history
Médecine > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde) > Histoire.
Médecine > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Soins médicaux > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire.
history of medicine.
History of science.
Asian history.
History of medicine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Medical care
Medicine
United Kingdom
India
Great Britain
India > Bengal
History
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