Research Material and Necromancy: Imagining the Political-Economy of Biomedicine in Colonial Tanganyika

Research Material and Necromancy: Imagining the Political-Economy of Biomedicine in Colonial Tanganyika

Author: 
Malloy, Patrick
Publisher: 
African Studies Centre, Boston University
Date published: 
2014
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies , Vol. 47, No. 3, 2014, pp. 425-443
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The article provides biomedical research materials from Tanganyika, German East Africa during the colonial period. The author comments on the large scale collection of blood and other tissue samples for research, necromancy in medicine, and cannibalism. Other topics include the political economy of medicine and surgeon Maximillian Zupitza.

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CITATION: Malloy, Patrick. Research Material and Necromancy: Imagining the Political-Economy of Biomedicine in Colonial Tanganyika . : African Studies Centre, Boston University , 2014. The International Journal of African Historical Studies , Vol. 47, No. 3, 2014, pp. 425-443 - Available at: https://library.au.int/research-material-and-necromancy-imagining-political-economy-biomedicine-colonial-tanganyika-4