Early Malawian medical history

The medical history of Malawi from when David Livingstone and John Kirk first arrived in 1859 to the Livingstonia Mission founded by Yuriah Chirwa and Robert Laws. Other medical missions discussed are at Magomero - where John Dickinson became the first resident doctor in Malawi; Chikwawa; Cape Maclear - site of first operation in Central Africa; Bandawe - where first medical assistants were trained; Likoma Island; and Blantyre