Overview

This book provides an in-depth case study of a psychiatric institution within the context of colonial rule during the early twentieth century. It focuses on patient statistics, medical treatments and diagnoses, and considers the 'indigenisation' or 'Indianisation' of the colonial medical services and the significance of international professional networks.

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9781783083527

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'Waltraud Ernst offers us a major new contribution [and] by far the most detailed and insightful account of a mental hospital for Indians produced to date. [...] [Ernst is] a leading light in this field.' --Christopher Harding, 'Social History of Medicine'

Author Information

Waltraud Ernst is Professor in the History of Medicine in the Department of History, Philosophy and Religion at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

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