'To practise the healing art even in the most remote corners of the British Empire': Slavery, Medical Philanthropy, and the University of Edinburgh's Colonial Networks, c. 1789-1794.
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- 2026 May
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BibTeX
@article{allodium:10.1093/shm/hkaf050,
title = {'To practise the healing art even in the most remote corners of the British Empire': Slavery, Medical Philanthropy, and the University of Edinburgh's Colonial Networks, c. 1789-1794.},
author = {Buck S},
year = {2026},
journal = {Social history of medicine : the journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine},
doi = {10.1093/shm/hkaf050},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkaf050}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - 'To practise the healing art even in the most remote corners of the British Empire': Slavery, Medical Philanthropy, and the University of Edinburgh's Colonial Networks, c. 1789-1794. AU - Buck S PY - 2026 JO - Social history of medicine : the journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine DO - 10.1093/shm/hkaf050 UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkaf050 ER -
APA
S, B. (2026). 'To practise the healing art even in the most remote corners of the British Empire': Slavery, Medical Philanthropy, and the University of Edinburgh's Colonial Networks, c. 1789-1794.. Social history of medicine : the journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkaf050
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