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On the possibility of the occurrence of typanosomiasis in India.

Brit. med. J., 2, 79. 1903.

Leishimania donovani,  independently discovered by two British medical officers William Boog Leishman in Netley, England, and Donovan in Madras, India, in 1903. However, the correct taxonomy was provided by Ronald Ross. See No. 5295 and Med. Hist., 1983, 27, 203-13.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#5296
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/8972
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLon-the-possibility-of-the-occurrence-of-typanosomiasis-in-india

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Madras