02027nam 2200493 450 991079475760332120230423185407.01-4214-2324-3(CKB)4340000000188736(OCoLC)1006728006(MdBmJHUP)muse60486(MiAaPQ)EBC4862721(MiAaPQ)EBC30378483(Au-PeEL)EBL30378483(PPN)263883906(EXLCZ)99434000000018873620230423d2017 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Lomidine files the untold story of a medical disaster in colonial Africa /Guillaume Lachenal, translated by Noémi Tousignant1st ed.Baltimore, Maryland :Johns Hopkins University Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (p. )Includes index.1-4214-2323-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.The wonder drug -- Experimentations without borders -- The new deal of colonial medicine -- The spectacle of eradication -- Race, pentamidine and the individual -- Good citizens and bad brothers -- Yokadouma, Cameroon, November-December 1954 -- "We cried without much palavers" -- The misfirings of the imperial machine -- To eradicate, future perfect -- How the drug became useless and dangerous -- Epilogue.Ultimately, it illuminates public health not only as a showcase of colonial humanism and a tool of control but as an arena of mediocrity, powerlessness, and stupidity.Medicine, PreventiveMedicine, Preventive.614.533Lachenal Guillaume1978-1308044Tousignant NoémiMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794757603321The Lomidine files3803161UNINA