The Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago; Part 2: from conquest to independence - a brief survey of its background and scope

Medical practice in this country is supervised by a domestic body provided by Legislation as enacted by Parliament, and embodied in the Medical Board Act 1960 of which Section 3 states the Medical Board Ordinance of 1887 and continued under the former Ordinance shall from the commencement bear the name of "The Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago." Medical practice was however controlled for a century and a half before. This is a unique British institution whereby in the absence of Administrative courts, tribunals perform functions which are best left to domestic bodies free from state immediate control. (AU)

Doctors and slaves: a medical and demographic history of slavery in the British West Indies, 1680-1834

In writing this book I have investigated facets of slave life that affected their health and well-being, such as culture shock, diet, work loads, punishment, housing, clothing, sanitation, and occupational hazards. I have looked at the demographic experience of the slaves, their birthrates, death rates, sex ratios, longevity, and above all, their failure to increase their population by natural means. I have looked at the principal diseases of the slaves, contemporary and modern theories of disease causation etiology, and methods of treatment and their efficacy. I have looked at problems of natality and infant and child care. I have investigated the state of medical science and art in Europe and Africa; the education of doctors, midwives, nurses, and apothecaries; the nature of plantation medical practice; and the quality of health care. Because of its size and economic and political importance, Jamaica has been given central attention in this study; however, other British Sugar Colonies have been investigated to the extent that demographic and medical records permit