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SUMMARY:Between Ideology and Policy: The Development of Medicine and Publi
 c Health in French Indochina\, 1859–1914
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DESCRIPTION:This paper examines the development of medicine and public hea
 lth in French Indochina from the early stages of colonisation to the First
  World War\, with particular attention to the relationship between imperia
 l ideology and colonial policy. French colonial rule has often been charac
 terised by the tension between assimilation and association. However\, the
  extent to which these ideological frameworks shaped concrete medical and 
 public health measures remains unclear.\nFocusing on the formation of admi
 nistrative structures and the implementation of health measures\, this stu
 dy argues that colonial health policies were shaped less by coherent ideol
 ogical principles than by practical constraints on the ground\, including 
 financial limitations\, administrative capacity\, and local conditions. Me
 asures such as the organisation of medical services\, responses to epidemi
 cs\, and the provision of healthcare were developed in an ad hoc manner\, 
 reflecting immediate needs rather than systematic ideological application.
 \nWhile elements associated with both assimilation and association can be 
 identified\, they did not constitute a consistent guiding logic for policy
  formation. By reconstructing the development of these measures\, this pap
 er reconsiders the explanatory power of assimilation and association and h
 ighlights the importance of situating colonial public health within its ma
 terial and administrative constraints.
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LOCATION:Schwarzman Centre - Room 00.063\, Room 00.063 Schwarzman Centre R
 adcliffe Observatory Quarter\, Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6GG U
 nited Kingdom
SPEAKER:Dr Mizuki Kitada (Osaka)
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