Poison in small measure

Crichton-Harris, Ann.

Poison in small measure Dr. Christopherson and the cure for bilharzia / [electronic resource] : by Ann Crichton-Harris. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - xx, 428 p. : ill.

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.


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DNLM


Christopherson, John Brian, 1868-1955.


Physicians--Sudan--Biography.
Schistosomiasis--History--Sudan--20th century.


Electronic books.

RA644.S3 / C75 2009eb