Poison in Small Measure: Dr. Christopherson and the Cure for Bilharzia

By Ann Crichton-Harris

In Khartoum in 1917, Dr. Christopherson injected seventy bilharzia patients with antimony tartrate and cured them. This biography examines the life of this medical pioneer, his fight for priority and professional survival against the politics of exclusion in colonial Africa.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004175415
• ISBN13: 9789004175419
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"