Kathleen Vongsathorn
Biographic Data
| ID | 144420 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen Vongsathorn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Vongsathorn |
| SIGNATURE | VONGSATHORN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Real Home”
When missionaries founded the Kumi Children’s Leper Home in 1930, they perceived the home as an unusual opportunity to mold long-term child residents into civilized citizens of the British Empire, away from the influence of their “primitive” parents. From the perspective of child patients and their relatives, the home was a free school that offered opportunities for advancement. This article explores the dissonance between the vision and the real…
Gnawing Pains, Festering Ulcers and Nightmare Suffering
When British attention was drawn to the issue of leprosy in the Empire, humanitarian organisations rose to take on responsibility for the 'fight against leprosy'. In an effort to fundraise for a distant cause at a time when hundreds of charities competed for the financial support of British citizens, fundraisers developed propaganda to set leprosy apart from all other humanitarian causes. They drew on leprosy's relationship with Christianity, its…
"First and foremost the evangelist"? Mission and government priorities for the treatment of leprosy in Uganda, 1927-48
Early historiography on medicine in British colonial Africa suggests that colonial government and missionary medicine occupied two relatively distinct spheres, and that government officials viewed medical missionaries with suspicion and distrust. Contrary to this paradigm, this article suggests that missionaries and colonial government officials collaborated extensively and amicably in the treatment of leprosy in Uganda. Mission, medical, and gov…
"First and foremost the evangelist"? Mission and government priorities for the treatment of leprosy in Uganda, 1927-48
Early historiography on medicine in British colonial Africa suggests that colonial government and missionary medicine occupied two relatively distinct spheres, and that government officials viewed medical missionaries with suspicion and distrust. Contrary to this paradigm, this article suggests that missionaries and colonial government officials collaborated extensively and amicably in the treatment of leprosy in Uganda. Mission, medical, and gov…
Gnawing Pains, Festering Ulcers and Nightmare Suffering
When British attention was drawn to the issue of leprosy in the Empire, humanitarian organisations rose to take on responsibility for the 'fight against leprosy'. In an effort to fundraise for a distant cause at a time when hundreds of charities competed for the financial support of British citizens, fundraisers developed propaganda to set leprosy apart from all other humanitarian causes. They drew on leprosy's relationship with Christianity, its…
A Real Home”
When missionaries founded the Kumi Children’s Leper Home in 1930, they perceived the home as an unusual opportunity to mold long-term child residents into civilized citizens of the British Empire, away from the influence of their “primitive” parents. From the perspective of child patients and their relatives, the home was a free school that offered opportunities for advancement. This article explores the dissonance between the vision and the real…
Gnawing Pains, Festering Ulcers and Nightmare Suffering
When British attention was drawn to the issue of leprosy in the Empire, humanitarian organisations rose to take on responsibility for the 'fight against leprosy'. In an effort to fundraise for a distant cause at a time when hundreds of charities competed for the financial support of British citizens, fundraisers developed propaganda to set leprosy apart from all other humanitarian causes. They drew on leprosy's relationship with Christianity, its…
"First and foremost the evangelist"? Mission and government priorities for the treatment of leprosy in Uganda, 1927-48
Early historiography on medicine in British colonial Africa suggests that colonial government and missionary medicine occupied two relatively distinct spheres, and that government officials viewed medical missionaries with suspicion and distrust. Contrary to this paradigm, this article suggests that missionaries and colonial government officials collaborated extensively and amicably in the treatment of leprosy in Uganda. Mission, medical, and gov…
A Real Home”
When missionaries founded the Kumi Children’s Leper Home in 1930, they perceived the home as an unusual opportunity to mold long-term child residents into civilized citizens of the British Empire, away from the influence of their “primitive” parents. From the perspective of child patients and their relatives, the home was a free school that offered opportunities for advancement. This article explores the dissonance between the vision and the real…
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