Materials and medicine : trade, conquest,and therapeutics in the eighteenth century

Materials and medicine : trade, conquest,and therapeutics in the eighteenth century / Pratik Chakrabarti.

Author/creator	Chakrabarti, Pratik
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Description	xi, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Medicine--Europe --History --18th century. Imperialism--History. History of Medicine. History, 18th Century. Europe--Colonies --History --18th century.

Series	Studies in imperialism Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England) ^A231036
Contents	Machine generated contents note: 1. Trade and treatment: medicine in the colonies in the Age of Commerce -- 2. War, settlement and medicine in the West Indies -- 3. Terrains, territories and treatment in the Coromandel -- 4. Materials and materia medica in India -- 5. Medical botany in Jamaican plantations -- 6. Therapeutic trajectories in the age of empire -- 7. Colonialism and the hinterlands of science.
Summary	Medicine was transformed in the eighteenth century. Aligning the trajectories of intellectual and material wealth, this book uncovers how medicine acquired a new materialism as well as new materials in the context of global commerce and warfare.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2011377454
ISBN	9780719083129 (hbk.)
ISBN	0719083125 (hbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WZ 56 C435M 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold