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The Cape Doctor is a social history of medicine, which places formal Western medicine within its political, social and economic context. The work shows the way in which the Cape medical profession excluded all but a few women and black practitioners, and discriminated along lines of race, class and gender in their practice. It revises traditional whiggish and linear accounts of professional advancement, but it also moves beyond the classic revisionist tradition, which documents the emergence of a society divided along lines of race and gender, by providing examples of cultural crossover and medical pluralism. It also provides a perspective on a broad historical process within which to understand present debates about the most appropriate health policies in South Africa today.
Price: $65.00
Pages: 322
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Clio Medica
Publication Date:
01 January 2004
ISBN: 9789042010642
Format: Paperback
”This collection provides a wide-ranging, sophisticated, and well-crafted overview of the development of the South African doctor.”
- in: Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. 80, 2006
“…a book rich in interest, well written and edited. It provides important insights…”
- in: The Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2005
“…an enjoyable read, evenly written and edited. The narrative flows smoothly, and the smaller arguments and case studies are concise, detailed, and always linked to the overall themes of the book.”
- in: Wellcome History, Issue 30, Autumn 2005
“The collection not only offers a glimpse into some of the conditions that led to South Africa’s current medical system, but also establishes a foundation for future research.” in: “…well researched…”
– Tiffany F. Jones, Kingston, Ont., in: H-Safrica, March, 2005
“…this long-awaited and excellent addition […] blows away many of the traditional, whiggish historical accounts of medical professionalization whilst clarifying our understanding of the evolution of health policies and practices […] a valuable text for medical, social, and political historians.” - in: The Social History of Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2005
"The Cape Doctor is well researched and provides a wealth of data on a large variety of medical-historical topics, inter alia, the origins of the Somerset and other early hospitals, medical associations, the South African Medical Journal, and Cape medical education. The authors are to be commended on a project well done."
– Professor Dan J. Ncayiyana, Editor, South African Medical Journal, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town
- in: Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. 80, 2006
“…a book rich in interest, well written and edited. It provides important insights…”
- in: The Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2005
“…an enjoyable read, evenly written and edited. The narrative flows smoothly, and the smaller arguments and case studies are concise, detailed, and always linked to the overall themes of the book.”
- in: Wellcome History, Issue 30, Autumn 2005
“The collection not only offers a glimpse into some of the conditions that led to South Africa’s current medical system, but also establishes a foundation for future research.” in: “…well researched…”
– Tiffany F. Jones, Kingston, Ont., in: H-Safrica, March, 2005
“…this long-awaited and excellent addition […] blows away many of the traditional, whiggish historical accounts of medical professionalization whilst clarifying our understanding of the evolution of health policies and practices […] a valuable text for medical, social, and political historians.” - in: The Social History of Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2005
"The Cape Doctor is well researched and provides a wealth of data on a large variety of medical-historical topics, inter alia, the origins of the Somerset and other early hospitals, medical associations, the South African Medical Journal, and Cape medical education. The authors are to be commended on a project well done."
– Professor Dan J. Ncayiyana, Editor, South African Medical Journal, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town
Harriet Deacon (PhD Cantab.), Elizabeth van Heyningen (PhD UCT) and Howard Phillips (PhD UCT) are social historians of medicine working in Cape Town, the first two as independent scholars and the latter as an associate professor in the Department of Historical Studies at University of Cape Town (UCT).