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Healers on the colonial market : native doctors and midwives in the Dutch East Indies / Liesbeth Hesselink.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 276.Publication details: Leiden : KITLV Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 376 pages) : illustrations, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9004253572
  • 9789004253575
  • 1299784046
  • 9781299784048
Uniform titles:
  • Genezers op de koloniale markt. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Healers on the colonial market.DDC classification:
  • [E]
LOC classification:
  • RA541.I55 H45 2011
NLM classification:
  • 2012 F-242
  • W 84 LI4
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The medical market around 1850 -- Colonial decision-making -- Newcomers on the medical market, dokter djawa 1850-1875 -- More newcomers on the medical market, native midwives 1850-1875 -- The STOVIA, dokter djawa 1875-1915 -- Pathetic tiny deeds, native midwives 1875-1915 -- The medical market around 1915 -- Conclusion.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access In: OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks)Summary: "Healers on the Colonial Market is one of the few studies on the Dutch East Indies from a postcolonial perspective. It provides an enthralling addition to research on both the history of the Dutch East Indies and the history of colonial medicine. This book will be of interest to historians, historians of science and medicine, and anthropologists. How successful were the two medical training programmes established in Jakarta by the colonial government in 1851? One was a medical school for Javanese boys, and the other a school for midwives for Javanese girls, and the graduates were supposed to replace native healers, the dukun. However, the indigenous population was not prepared to use the services of these doctors and midwives. Native doctors did in fact prove useful as vaccinators and assistant doctors, but the school for midwives was closed in 1875. Even though there were many horror stories of mistakes made during dukun-assisted deliveries, the school was not reopened, and instead a handful of girls received practical training from European physicians. Under the Ethical Policy there was more attention for the welfare of the indigenous population and the need for doctors increased. More native boys received medical training and went to work as general practitioners. Nevertheless, not everybody accepted these native doctors as the colleagues of European physicians."--Publisher's description.
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2009.

Introduction -- The medical market around 1850 -- Colonial decision-making -- Newcomers on the medical market, dokter djawa 1850-1875 -- More newcomers on the medical market, native midwives 1850-1875 -- The STOVIA, dokter djawa 1875-1915 -- Pathetic tiny deeds, native midwives 1875-1915 -- The medical market around 1915 -- Conclusion.

"Healers on the Colonial Market is one of the few studies on the Dutch East Indies from a postcolonial perspective. It provides an enthralling addition to research on both the history of the Dutch East Indies and the history of colonial medicine. This book will be of interest to historians, historians of science and medicine, and anthropologists. How successful were the two medical training programmes established in Jakarta by the colonial government in 1851? One was a medical school for Javanese boys, and the other a school for midwives for Javanese girls, and the graduates were supposed to replace native healers, the dukun. However, the indigenous population was not prepared to use the services of these doctors and midwives. Native doctors did in fact prove useful as vaccinators and assistant doctors, but the school for midwives was closed in 1875. Even though there were many horror stories of mistakes made during dukun-assisted deliveries, the school was not reopened, and instead a handful of girls received practical training from European physicians. Under the Ethical Policy there was more attention for the welfare of the indigenous population and the need for doctors increased. More native boys received medical training and went to work as general practitioners. Nevertheless, not everybody accepted these native doctors as the colleagues of European physicians."--Publisher's description.

Translation from the Dutch.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Print version record.

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