Northern Nyasaland

Training of African nurses in Nyasaland (Malawi) from 1889 to 1927.

Sum m ary When the first pioneer missionaries arrived in Nyasaland during I860 there was no educational system in operation according to Western standards. The training o f nurses (male and fem ale) therefore evolved as the educational system developed. Before 1900 the training o f nurses was done independently by each mission, only providing s ta ff fo r their local clinics and hospitals. A lt...

Suicide in late colonial Africa: the evidence of inquests from Nyasaland.

IN THE EXTENSIVE LITERATURE on the history of suicide, the societies of the African continent barely feature, except in brief discussions of folk beliefs and practices.1 A simple explanation for the relative lack of attention given to this issue is that historically African societies have been assumed to have very low rates of suicide. But that assumption itself needs historicizing. The statist...

Northern overexposure.

The top of the world may look pristine, but the Arctic environment and its inhabitants contain surprisingly high levels of heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants such as pesticides, and nuclear radiation. Although the Arctic has few significant pollution sources, the contaminants are swept northward on ocean currents and winds from industrial regions. Once contaminants arrive, low temperat...

Northern Ireland

The association between the prevalence of both byssinosis and chronic bronchitis and the level of airborne dust was examined in workers in preparing departments in flax mills in Northern Ireland. A weak association between the dust level and byssinosis was found but not between the dust level and chronic bronchitis. It is suggested that the disparity of these associations may have arisen becaus...

Northern Middle