Racial science Colonial government medicine Missionary medicine A Case Study Venereal Disease in Uganda I Racial Science Originally relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive ID: 632574
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Medicine in Africa: EmpireSlide2Slide3
Racial science
Colonial government medicine
Missionary medicine
A Case Study: Venereal Disease in UgandaSlide4
I. Racial ScienceSlide5
Originally, relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive
I. Racial ScienceSlide6
Originally, relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive
Slave trade
and
colonialism
meant…
I. Racial ScienceSlide7
Originally, relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive
Slave trade
and
colonialism
meant…
Polygenism
: multiple races created at the beginning
I. Racial ScienceSlide8
Originally, relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive
Slave trade
and
colonialism
meant…
Polygenism
: multiple races created at the beginning
Monogenism
: one race at the beginning
I. Racial ScienceSlide9
Types of Mankind,
Nott and
Gliddon
(1854)Slide10
Who provided medicine in the colonial world?Slide11
Colonial Government
Who provided medicine in the colonial world?Slide12
Colonial Government
Missionaries
Who provided medicine in the colonial world?Slide13
Colonial Government
Missionaries
Local healers
Who provided medicine in the colonial world?Slide14
Colonial Government
Missionaries
Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?Slide15
Colonial Government
For government employees and
labourers
Missionaries
Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?Slide16
Colonial Government
For government employees and
labourers
Medical campaigns
Missionaries
Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?Slide17
Colonial Government
For government employees and
labourers
Medical campaigns
Missionaries
General hospitals and dispensaries
Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?Slide18
Colonial Government
For government employees and
labourers
Medical campaigns
Missionaries
General hospitals and dispensaries
Maternity and child welfare
Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?Slide19
Colonial Government
For government employees and
labourers
Medical campaigns
Missionaries
General hospitals and dispensaries
Maternity and child welfare
Leprosy
Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?Slide20
Why did they provide medicine?Slide21
To support and justify colonialism
Why did they provide medicine?Slide22
To support and justify colonialism
Economics
Why did they provide medicine?Slide23
To support and justify colonialism
Economics
Evangelization
Why did they provide medicine?Slide24
To support and justify colonialism
Economics
Evangelization
Humanitarianism
Why did they provide medicine?Slide25
To support and justify colonialism
Economics
Evangelization
Humanitarianism
Vulnerability and suffering
Why did they provide medicine?Slide26
To support and justify colonialism
Economics
Evangelization
Humanitarianism
Vulnerability and suffering
Social engineering
Why did they provide medicine?Slide27
Colonial Government
For government employees and
labourers
Medical campaigns
Missionaries
General hospitals and dispensaries
Maternity and child welfare
Leprosy
Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?Slide28Slide29
Trypanosomiasis
Spread by
Tsetse fly
Habitat
Brush and wooded environments, especially by waterSlide30
1
st
Stage
Fever, headaches, joint pains, itching, swelling of lymph nodes
2
nd
Stage (Neurological)
Symptoms
Sleep episodes, confusion, paralysis, psychotic reactions, aggressive behavior, apathySlide31
DiagnosisSlide32
ControlSlide33
Colonial Government
For government employees and
labourers
Medical campaigns
Missionaries
General hospitals and dispensaries
Maternity and child welfare
Leprosy
Local healers
What kind of medicine did they provide?Slide34
Ugandan History TimelineSlide35
Ugandan History Timeline
CMS Arrives
1877
White Fathers Arrive
1879Slide36
Ugandan History Timeline
CMS Arrives
1877
White Fathers Arrive
1879
British Protectorate Established
1894Slide37
Ugandan History Timeline
CMS Arrives
1877
White Fathers Arrive
1879
First Hospital
1897
British Protectorate Established
1894Slide38
Ugandan History Timeline
CMS Arrives
British Protectorate Established
1877
1894
White Fathers Arrive
1879
1897
First Hospital
VD campaigns begin
1908Slide39
Ugandan History Timeline
CMS Arrives
British Protectorate Established
1877
1894
White Fathers Arrive
1879
1897
1917
First Hospital
Medical Assistant School
VD campaigns begin
1908Slide40
Ugandan History Timeline
CMS Arrives
British Protectorate Established
1877
1894
White Fathers Arrive
1879
1897
1917
First Hospital
Medical Assistant School
1918
Midwifery Training School
1908
VD campaigns begin