Practising colonial medicine : the Colonial Medical Service in British East Africa / Anna Crozier.

London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2007.

225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Introduction -- Recruitment into the Colonial Medical Service -- Subjective selection and recruitment trends -- Identity and experience I: practical reasons for being a doctor in East Africa -- Identity and experience II: ideological reasons for being a doctor in East Africa -- The organisation of the Colonial Medical Service in East Africa -- Medical recruitment and the ideals of empire -- Colonial medical communities -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Heads of the medical departments -- Appendix 2. Alphabetical list of medical officers with service dates -- Appendix 3. Obituary and biographical entry index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-218) and index.