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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.

Table of 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.

Author/Creator:

Hesselink, Elisabeth Quirine, 1943-

Contributors:

Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)

Languages:

English
Dutch

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): Dutch

Main Work:

Genezers op de koloniale markt [by Hesselink, E.Q.] (English)

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Healers on the colonial market [by Hesselink, E.Q.] (Leiden : KITLV Press, 2011 — ISBN 9789067183826; ISBN 9067183822)

Related Series:

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

Subjects:

Medical care — Indonesia — History — 19th century

Medical care — Indonesia — History — 20th century

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

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

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

Healers — Indonesia — History — 19th century

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

Healers — Indonesia — History — 20th century

1800-1999

Physicians — Training of

Physicians

Midwives — Training of

Midwives

Healers

Medical care

Indonesia

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Translation from the Dutch.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 376 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

RA541.I55 H477 2011eb

ISBNs:

9004253572 (electronic bk.)
9789004253575 (electronic bk.)
9789067183826 [Invalid]
1299784046 (electronic bk.)
9067183822 [Invalid]
9781299784048 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

856976921
855896269 [Invalid]