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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

Record type:

Journal article

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Journal Title:

The International Journal of African Historical Studies

Source:

The International Journal of African Historical Studies , Vol. 47, No. 3, 2014, pp. 425-443

Subject:

MEDICAL RESEARCH

MEDICAL HISTORY

Abstract:

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