Write an 6-8-page, argument-based research paper that contextualizes and analyzes one primary source dealing with a technology/ technologies related to global health or its previous iterations. At its core, your final paper should make an argument about what your chosen primary source reveals about the history of global health or technologies in global health. To do this, you need to place the source in its historical context, considering questions such as: Who authored or produced the source? Where and when did they produce it? How did they produce it? For whom did they produce it (audience)? Why did they produce it? You should also analyze the source to illustrate how and why it reveals what you argue it reveals. How might the language, images, content, structure, or genre of the source reflect the particular historical circumstances in which it was produced? What does the existence of this source tell us about history? You are required to consult and cite at least three peer-reviewed scholarly sources (not including course materials) for the paper. You may cite as few or as many course readings or lectures as you like. If you choose to analyze a source that is not only the pre-selected list, please get approval by the instructor first.
List of Possible Primary Sources for Final Paper
· Garcia da Orta (16th century),
Colloquies on the simples & drugs of India
, New ed., Trans. by. Sir Clements Markham, (London: H. Sotheran & Co., 1913) (Also available in hard copy through UCLA Special Collections)
2nd colloquy – Aloes, pp. 4-19
11th colloquy – Calamo Aromatico and Das Caceras, pp. 78-85
24th colloquy – Galanga, pp. 208-212
27th colloquy – Medicinal herbs, pp. 229-234
31st colloquy – Cate, pp. 264-271
39th colloquy – Negundo or Sambali, pp. 323-327
42nd colloquy – Pao de Cobra, pp. 335-341
45th colloquy – Bezoar stone, pp. 362-366
57th colloquy – Zedoary, pp. 453-458
· John Hunter, “Of the Cure of Intermittent Fevers,” Observations on the Diseases of the Army in Jamaica; and on the Best Means of Preserving the Health of Europeans, in that Climate (London: Printed for G. Nicol, 1788), pp. 221-229 (Available Online through UCLA library)
· James Johnson, “Tropical Hygiene” and “Dress,” in
The Influence of Tropical Climates. More especially of the Climate of India, on European Constitutions; the Principal Effects and Diseases thereby induced, their Prevention or Removal, and the means of Preserving Health in Hot Climates, rendered obvious to Europeans of every capacity
, 2nd Ed. (London: J. Callow, 1815), pp. 415-430.
· Jungle Yellow Fever Clip, Colombian government with I.H.D. Photography, J.C. Bugher, and Hartley Productions, “Jungle Yellow Fever [clip],” 100 Years: The Rockefeller Foundation, accessed November 13, 2018, https://rockfound.rockarch.org/digital-library-listing/-/asset_publisher/yYxpQfeI4W8N/content/correspondence-cyclotrons
· William Gorgas,
Sanitation in Panama
(New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1915), Chapter 5, “Sanitary Work at Havana”, pp. 50-63.
· Patrick Manson, “Malaria” in
Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates
, New and Revised Edition (New York and London: William Wood and Company, 1903), pp. 1-17. (Other editions also available from UCLA Biomedical Library Special Collections, must be edition from 1898, 1900, or 1910).
· Gustav Egloff. “Peacetime values from a war technology,” Science 97 (January 29, 1943): 101-108 (focusing esp. on intro and health engineering), https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1669391.pdf?ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-5055%2Fcontrol&refreqid=search%3Add9903c1b404a91e00f3805fc22e5d24 (available through Jstor)
· World Health Organization, “A Growth Chart for International Use in Maternal and Child Health Care: Guidelines for Primary Health Care Personnel” (Geneva: World Health Organization, 1978).
· Mozambique Ministry of Health, “Companheiro!,” poster, US National Library of Medicine Image Database, https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101449474-img
· Exposed: The Race Against Tuberculosis,
https://vimeo.com/channels/tbexposed
· Michael Wines, “Hope for Hungry Children, Arriving in a Foil Packet,” New York Times, August 8, 2005.
· Patrice Trouiller, et al., “Drugs for neglected diseases: a failure of the market and a public health failure?” Tropical Medicine and International Health 6, no. 11 (2001): 945-951, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00803.x
