Poonam Balais currently visiting scholar in the Department of Sociology at Cleveland State University, Ohio.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. ‘Nationalizing’ Medicine by Poonam Bala2. Teaching European Medicine in Colonial Goa by Cristiana Bastos3. Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals by Madhulika Banerjee4. Corporal Contestations by Shrimoy Roy Chaudhary5. Colonial Medicine and Elite Nationalist Responses in India by Shamshad Khan6. Colonial Compassion and Political Calculation by Sean Lang7. Educating Lady Doctors in Colonial Burma by Atsuko Naono8. Unani Medical Culture by Neshat Quaiser9. Malarial Fever in Nineteenth-Century Bengal by Arabinda SamantaIndexAbout the Contributors

The dynamics of the alternative medical models issuing from the complex colonial encounters are more clearly perceived through case studies as diverse as the ones included in this volume, which comprehends lesser-known colonial contexts. . . .Furthermore, it summarizes discussions developed by its contributors in other works, showing in a clear and interesting way the dynamics of the authoritative models in the making but also the permanent challenges they faced.