Poison in small measure : Dr. Christopherson and the cure for bilharzia / by Ann Crichton-Harris.
by
Crichton-Harris, Ann.
ISBN
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9789047428855
Title
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Poison in small measure : Dr. Christopherson and the cure for bilharzia / by Ann Crichton-Harris.
Author
:
Crichton-Harris, Ann.
Personal Author
:
Crichton-Harris, Ann.
Publication Information
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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xx, 428 pages) : illustrations
Contents
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Worms and dead eggs in the long hot summer -- Three generations of Christophersons : tanner to clergyman to physician -- The Boer War experience : the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital-a palace in the desert -- Sudan 1902-3 : smallpox delivers both fear and opportunity -- 1904 and the appointment blunder -- The wellcome laboratory on the Nile and a relapsing fever dispute. A storm in a teacup? Some of what really happened is revealed only in 1923 -- Christopherson's difficult years : surviving disaster : 1908-1911 -- 1912 marriage and the decision to remain in Sudan -- With the Red Cross in Serbia, and Rudolph Slatin's role as 'fairy godfather' -- France 1917. The commission on medical establishments -- The 'Aha' moment and consequences -- On the practice of medicine, Sudan 1902-1919 -- Life after Sudan-the varied life of a London consultant -- Heavensgate, Gloucestershire -- Looking back from the twenty-first century.
Local Note
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eBooks on EBSCOhost
Personal Subject
:
Christopherson, John Brian, 1868-1955.
Subject Term
:
Physicians -- Sudan -- Biography.
Schistosomiasis -- Sudan -- History -- 20th century.
Physicians.
History, 20th Century.
Schistosomiasis -- drug therapy.
Schistosomiasis -- history.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
:
2009
Publication Information
:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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610.92 22 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |