Bilharzia : A History of Imperial Tropical Medicine (Paperback)

List of tables and figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Imperial Approach (1898?World War II): 2. 1898: a declaration of war; 3. 1898: another war, another continent; 4. Bilharzia (1850?1918): the Looss controversies; 5. The International Health Board; 6. Bilharzia: optimism in Egypt (1918?39); 7. Into the 1930s: economics of disease; 8. The 1930s: empires in transition; 9. Bilharzia: World War II; Part II. A Brief Interlude: Social Medicine: 10. New ideas; 11. Bilharzia: pessimism in Egypt (1940?55); 12. Bilharzia: victory in China?; Part III. The Professional Approach (1950?1970s): 13. The new British Empire: finding the experts; 14. South Africa (1950?60): social medicine versus scientific research; 15. Bilharzia: second to only one; 16. Bilharzia (1950?1970s): a strategic change; 17. Conclusion: the imperial triad; Notes; Index.