The Lomidine files : the untold story of a medical disaster in colonial Africa

The Lomidine files : the untold story of a medical disaster in colonial Africa / Guillaume Lachenal ; translated by Noemi Tousignant.

Ultimately, it illuminates public health not only as a showcase of colonial humanism and a tool of control but as an arena of mediocrity, powerlessness, and stupidity.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lachenal, Guillaume, 1978- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
1900-1999
African trypanosomiasis > Africa > Prevention > History > 20th century.
African trypanosomiasis > Chemotherapy > Complications > Africa > History > 20th century.
Pentamidine > Side effects > Africa.
Medicine, Preventive > Africa > History > 20th century.
Medical ethics > Africa > History > 20th century.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
African trypanosomiasis > Prevention
French colonies
Medical ethics
Medicine, Preventive
France > Colonies > Africa > History > 20th century.
Africa.
Africa
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Médicament qui devait sauver l'Afrique.
Description
Summary:Ultimately, it illuminates public health not only as a showcase of colonial humanism and a tool of control but as an arena of mediocrity, powerlessness, and stupidity.
Item Description:Translated from the French.
Physical Description:1 online resource (237 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781421423241
1421423243
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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