Achintya Kumar Dutta

Fighting the Fever

Kala-azar in Eastern India, 1870s-1940s

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Produktbeschreibung

The book investigates certain obscure but important aspects of the social history of disease and medicine in colonial eastern India against the backdrop of the outbreak of a lethal disease called kala-azar, or black fever.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009568203
• ISBN-10: 1009568205
• Artikelnr.: 73534809

Autorenporträt

Achintya Kumar Dutta is Professor of History at the University of Burdwan, India. His areas of interest include the social history of medicine and public health in northeast India in the 19th and 20th centuries with special reference to kala-azar epidemic.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgements
Note on Permissions
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Kala-azar: A Disease Sui Generis
2. Medical Intervention and Containment of Epidemics
3. Agony of Assam: Defeating the Dreadful Kala-azar
4. Bengal's Black Fever Burden: Beating the Disease
5. 'Black Sigh' in Bihar: Experiences and Responses
6. From Tartar Emetic to Urea Stibamine: Medical Research on Kala-azar and Its Fruition
7. The Unsung Hero: The Genius of Upendra Nath Brahmachari
Conclusion
Appendix: Number of Kala-azar Patients Admitted for Treatment in Bengal
Bibliography
Index.