Medical Orders: Catholic and Protestant Missionary Medicine in the Belgian Congo 1880-1940

The history of religious missions and the provisioning of western medical care in the region that was known as the Congo Free State and later the Belgian Congo reveals the complicated dynamics between competing religious missions vis à vis the Belgian colonial state. This essay highlights divisions...

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Main Author: Sokhieng Au
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Journals 2017-03-01
Series:BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
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Online Access:https://bmgn-lchr.nl/article/view/6554