Colonialism’s contribution to Science and Medicine

Colonialism’s contribution to Science and Medicine

although most of the things which happened with colonialism are terrible there are few side effects of colonialism which have been beneficial to the colonies and their population.

when the British colonized a number of tropical countries exotic they had very little Immunity.

so instead of lying down and dying are fighting the disease like the local population they try to study the disease and what was causing it and once they found the causative agent try to find cures for it.

History of tropical medicine

Carlos Finlay ( 1833—1915): yellow fever research in southern America

James Cantlie (185 1—1926): tropical surgeon, university administrator, and founder of

the (Royal) Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

George Carmichael Low (1 872—1952): an underrated pioneer, and contributor

to the (Royal) Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

David Bruce (1855—1931): Malta fever, nagana,and East African trypanosomiasis

The schistosomiasis saga: Theodor Bilharz (1825-62), Robert Leiper (1881-1969),

and the Japanese investigators

Joseph Everett Dutton (1874—1905): West African trypanosomiasis and relapsing fever

The causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (kal-azar):William Leishman (1 865—1926) and

Charles Donovan (1863—1951)

Leonard Rogers (1868—1962): the diseases Of 962): the diseases of Bengal, and the founding of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine

Aldo Castellani (1877—1971): research in the tropics, and founding of the Ross Institute and

Hospital for Tropical Diseases

Neil Hamilton Fairley (1891—1966): medicine in the tropics, and the future of clinical

tropical medicine

Alexandre Yersin (1863—1943), and other contributers in solving the plague problem

Andrew Balfour (1873—1931): pioneer of preventive medicine in the tropics and first Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Some less well-documented pioneers

'Back-room' and lay pioneers of the specialty

Politicians and entrepreneurs: the Chamberlains (father and son), Alfred Jones and Herbert