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Arsenic as a remedy for the tsetse bite.

LIVINGSTONE, David (1813 – 1873) Wikipedia

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Brit. med. J., 360-61. 1858 CE.

Livingstone was probably the first to administer arsenic for the treatment of “nagana”, a disease of horses caused by trypanosomes. This followed a suggestion by James Braid. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.

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Africa & Middle East
Plagues & Epidemics

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COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Africa INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Tsetse Fly-Borne Diseases › Sleeping Sickness (African Trypanosomiasis)TROPICAL Medicine VETERINARY MEDICINE

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Entry Number	#5270
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External URL	arsenic-as-a-remedy-for-the-tsetse-bite