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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141843103321

Autore

Hesselink Elisabeth Quirine <1943-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden - Boston, : Brill, 2011

Leiden : , : KITLV Press, , 2011

ISBN

90-04-25357-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 376 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; ; 276

Disciplina

610.9

Soggetti

Medical care - Indonesia - History - 19th century

Medical care - Indonesia - History - 20th century

Physicians - Training of - History - Indonesia - 19th century

Physicians - Training of - History - Indonesia - 20th century

Midwives - Training of - History - Indonesia - 19th century

Midwives - Training of - History - Indonesia - 20th century

Healers - Indonesia - History - 19th century

Healers - Indonesia - History - 20th century

Healers

Medical care

Midwives - Training of

Physicians - Training of

History

Indonesia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2009.

Translation from the Dutch.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Open AccessPreliminary MaterialAuthor: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    i–ix     Open Access1: IntroductionAuthor: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    1–8     Open Access2: The medical market around 1850Author: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    9–51   Open Access3: Colonial decision-



makingAuthor: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    53–73    Open Access4: Newcomers on the medical market, dokter djawa 1850-1875Author: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    75–118     Open Access5: More newcomers on the medical market, native midwives 1850-1875Author: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    119–161    Open Access6: The STOVIA, dokter djawa 1875-1915Author: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    163–223   Open Access7: Pathetic tiny deeds, native midwives 1875-1915Author: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    225–267    Open Access8: The medical market around 1915Author: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    269–307    Open Access9: ConclusionAuthor: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    309–320     Open AccessGlossaryAuthor: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    321–322    Open AccessBibliographyAuthor: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    323–364    Open AccessIndex of namesAuthor: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    365–369    Open AccessIndex of subjectsAuthor: Liesbeth HesselinkPages:    371–376     Download PDF

Preliminary Material -- 1: Introduction -- 2: The medical market around 1850 -- 3: Colonial decision-making -- 4: Newcomers on the medical market, dokter djawa 1850-1875 -- 5: More newcomers on the medical market, native midwives 1850-1875 -- 6: The STOVIA, dokter djawa 1875-1915 -- 7: Pathetic tiny deeds, native midwives 1875-1915 -- 8: The medical market around 1915 -- 9: Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- Index of subjects.

Sommario/riassunto

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. Liesbeth Hesselink (1943) received a PhD in the history of medicine from the University of Amsterdam in 2009. She has had a career in education and in politics. In addition she has published articles on prostitution and the medical history of the Dutch East Indies.