Poison in small measure : Dr. Christopherson and the cure for bilharzia / by Ann Crichton-Harris.

In Khartoum in 1917, Dr. Christopherson injected seventy bilharzia patients with antimony tartrate and cured them. This biography examines the life of this medical pioneer, his fight for priority and professional survival against the politics of exclusion in colonial Africa.

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Main Author: Crichton-Harris, Ann
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
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