Empire and Medicine I.Racial science II.Colonial government medicine III.Missionary medicine IV.Leprosy and humanitarianism I. Racial Science Originally, relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive I. Racial Science Originally, relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive Slave trade and colonialism meant I. Racial Science Originally, relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive Slave trade and colonialism meant Polygenism: multiple races created at the beginning I. Racial Science Originally, relationships between Europeans and Africans were positive Slave trade and colonialism meant Polygenism: multiple races created at the beginning Monogenism: one race at the beginning I. Racial Science Types of Mankind, Nott and Gliddon (1854) Who provided medicine in the colonial world? Colonial Government Who provided medicine in the colonial world? Colonial Government Missionaries Who provided medicine in the colonial world? Colonial Government Missionaries Local healers Who provided medicine in the colonial world? Colonial Government Missionaries Local healers What kind of medicine did they provide? Colonial Government For government employees and labourers Missionaries Local healers What kind of medicine did they provide? Colonial Government For government employees and labourers Medical campaigns Missionaries Local healers What kind of medicine did they provide? Colonial Government For government employees and labourers Medical campaigns Missionaries General hospitals and dispensaries Local healers What kind of medicine did they provide? Colonial Government For government employees and labourers Medical campaigns Missionaries General hospitals and dispensaries Maternity and child welfare Local healers What kind of medicine did they provide? Colonial Government For government employees and labourers Medical campaigns Missionaries General hospitals and dispensaries Maternity and child welfare Leprosy Local healers What kind of medicine did they provide? Why did they provide medicine? To support and justify colonialism Why did they provide medicine? To support and justify colonialism Economics Why did they provide medicine? To support and justify colonialism Economics Evangelization Why did they provide medicine? To support and justify colonialism Economics Evangelization Humanitarianism Why did they provide medicine? To support and justify colonialism Economics Evangelization Humanitarianism Vulnerability and suffering Why did they provide medicine? To support and justify colonialism Economics Evangelization Humanitarianism Vulnerability and suffering Social engineering Why did they provide medicine? Colonial Government For government employees and labourers Medical campaigns Missionaries General hospitals and dispensaries Maternity and child welfare Leprosy Local healers What kind of medicine did they provide? Trypanosomiasis Spread by Tsetse fly Habitat Brush and wooded environments, especially by water 1 st Stage Fever, headaches, joint pains, itching, swelling of lymph nodes 2 nd Stage (Neurological) Symptoms Sleep episodes, confusion, paralysis, psychotic reactions, aggressive behavior, apathy Diagnosis Control Colonial Government For government employees and labourers Medical campaigns Missionaries General hospitals and dispensaries Maternity and child welfare Leprosy Local healers What kind of medicine did they provide? Ugandan History Timeline 1857 First European Arrives Ugandan History Timeline 1857 First European Arrives Missionaries Arrive 1877 Ugandan History Timeline 1857 First European Arrives Missionaries Arrive British Protectorate Established Ugandan History Timeline 1857 First European Arrives Missionaries Arrive British Protectorate Established WWIWWII Independence BELRA Annual Report, 1929 Responses to Leprosy in Uganda I. Pre-colonial Responses to Leprosy Responses to Leprosy in Uganda I. Pre-colonial Responses to Leprosy II.In-Patient Leprosy Settlements Responses to Leprosy in Uganda I. Pre-colonial Responses to Leprosy II.In-Patient Leprosy Settlements III.Expanding Leprosy Services Responses to Leprosy in Uganda I. Pre-colonial Responses to Leprosy II.In-Patient Leprosy Settlements III.Expanding Leprosy Services IV. Mobile Leprosy Clinics and the Elimination of Leprosy Responses to Leprosy in Uganda Ugandan History Timeline 1857 First European Arrives Missionaries Arrive British Protectorate Established Independence WWIWWII Lake Bunyonyi Leprosy Settlement in Uganda (3155) Breakdown of Annual Grants (1947) Charities and Donors Protectorate Government Mission L.G. Biomedical Care for Leprosy Patients in Uganda ( ) No Biomedical Treatment Mission Leprosy Settlements Government Hospitals Some of the new houses on the leper island mentioned in Dr. Symonds Letter Ruanda Notes, 1939 After Service, Laings Photograph Album Wolf Cubs on the Leper Island, 1 st Bwama Pack Ruanda Notes, 1941 Non-infected children of lepers about to pull gifts out of their Christmas pie, Ruanda Notes, 1944 A new industry on the leper island. Making tiles for the roof of their church, Ruanda Notes, 1946 Dressings, Kumi, G.M. Langleys Photograph Album A Leper Knitting a Jumper Ruanda Notes, 1942