Beyond the state : The colonial medical service in British Africa

The Colonial Medical Service was the personnel section of the Colonial Service, employing the doctors who tended to the health of both the colonial staff and the local populations of the British Empire. Although the Service represented the pinnacle of an elite government agency, its reach in practic...

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Main Author: Greenwood, Anna (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 20151201
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