Colonial Medicine: The Legacies Of Colonial Medicine

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The Legacies of Colonial Medicine
Colonial medicine was developed as a way to benefit colonizers and prevent diseases during the imperial rule. While there were certain positive aspects to colonial medicine, primarily advances in medical care of the time, there were also many negative implications (Farmer, et al. 2013) Specific populations where often treated as inferior to colonizers and priority for treatment was given to colonial soldiers and Europeans (Farmer, et al. 2013). The idea of the “diseased native” was common and medicine was often unethical by today’s standards. Many of the legacies of colonial medicine live on today, and two of the most prominent are mistrust of the medical system by specific populations and the notion that certain populations are inferior to others. …show more content…
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