Colonial Legacy of Gender Inequality: Christian Missionaries in German East Africa
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Scottish medical missionaries in Central Africa.
'Feavers'. He writes a long and sensible letter, from which we gather that he was actually familiar with the patient's present situation, and that she had persistent abdominal pains, violent sweatings, and great weakness. Dr. Forbes goes on to speak slightingly about yet another doctor, Dr. Simpson, who, it seems, was also treating her, for he writes, 'Try first his pills conforming to his own ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Politics & Society
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0032-3292,1552-7514
DOI: 10.1177/0032329217704432