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Bacteriology in British India : laboratory medicine and the tropics / Pratik Chakrabarti.

Author/creator Chakrabarti, Pratik
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoRochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2012.
Descriptionx, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Medical bacteriology--India --History --19th century.
Medical bacteriology--India --History --20th century.
Tropical medicine--India --History --19th century.
Tropical medicine--India --History --20th century.
Bacteriology--history --India.
Tropical Medicine--history --India.
Series Rochester studies in medical history, 1526-2715
Rochester studies in medical history. ^A689870
Contents Introduction : bacteriology in the tropics -- Bacteriology in India : a moral paradigm -- Moral geographies of tropical bacteriology -- Imperial laboratories and animal experiments -- "A land full of wild animals" : snakes, venoms, and imperial antidotes -- Pasteurian paradigm and vaccine research in India -- Pathogens and places : cholera research in the tropics -- Conclusion.
Local noteLaupus WC Contract Cataloging
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-283) and index.
LCCN 2012011985
ISBN9781580464086 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1580464084 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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