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'A disgrace to a civilised community': colonial psychiatry and the visit of Edward Mapother to South Asia, 1937-8.
- Source :
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Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [Clio Med] 2009; Vol. 86, pp. 223-42. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- In 1937, Edward Mapother, Medical Superintendent of the Maudsley Hospital in London, took a trip around the mental hospitals of Britain's dominions in South Asia. The result was a series of documents that provide a snapshot of psychiatry in India and Ceylon in the twilight years of the British Empire. This chapter will consider Mapother's reports from a number of perspectives in order to assess the politics and the impact of an expert 'visitor' to a colonial medical system.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0045-7183
- Volume :
- 86
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19842341
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/9789042026322_014