TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crichton-Harris,Ann
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Poison in small measure: Dr. Christopherson and the cure for bilharzia 
AV  - RA644.S3 C75 2009eb
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Christopherson, John Brian,
KW  - Physicians
KW  - Sudan
KW  - Biography
KW  - Schistosomiasis
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-414) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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ER  -