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I was a contemporary of Trowells in Uganda's medical department. He
certainly published on Kwashiorkor in the 1950's. It would never have
occurred to him or any of us that protein deficiency in Uganda could
possibly have political implications in Uganda or anywhere
else.Incidentally Trowell was a general physician and not a paediatrician.
I suppose present day commentators can be forgiven for thinking that
those working in medicine in the tropics were there to take care of the
expatriate colonialists. I would suggest that reference to the early
reports of the Medical department say from 1900 onwards would dispel that
belief. In my time 1948-1962 care of Europeans had a low order of
priority. When was the necessity for control recognised in Uganda? From
the very beginning. The "colonial" period lasted 68 years from 1894 until
1962
control of plague and sleeping sickness was attempted from the earliest
days and the control of Malaria in Kampala from 1948 onwards was almost
legendary.
Hugh Trowell, Kwashiorkor
I was a contemporary of Trowells in Uganda's medical department. He
certainly published on Kwashiorkor in the 1950's. It would never have
occurred to him or any of us that protein deficiency in Uganda could
possibly have political implications in Uganda or anywhere
else.Incidentally Trowell was a general physician and not a paediatrician.
I suppose present day commentators can be forgiven for thinking that
those working in medicine in the tropics were there to take care of the
expatriate colonialists. I would suggest that reference to the early
reports of the Medical department say from 1900 onwards would dispel that
belief. In my time 1948-1962 care of Europeans had a low order of
priority. When was the necessity for control recognised in Uganda? From
the very beginning. The "colonial" period lasted 68 years from 1894 until
1962
control of plague and sleeping sickness was attempted from the earliest
days and the control of Malaria in Kampala from 1948 onwards was almost
legendary.
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