Laboratory on the Nile: A History of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories
New York: Pharmaceutical Products Press/Haworth Press, 1999. 1st ed., octavo, original stiff pictorial wraps, b&w illus, maps, pp xv, 281. Near-fine condition.
Describes the work of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories in Khartoum, Sudan, under the direction of Dr. Amdrew Balfour in the aftermath of the reconquest of the Sudan following the Mahdia period. The floating laboratory helped to advance tropical medicine as it was towed along the Nile rivers to investigate cases, collect specimens, and learn about the lives and customs of the Sudanese in the 1900s. Comprehensive and well-illustrated, includes early photographs. Item #103003
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