Description:Europeans in early colonial Bengal fell prey to new diseases that their limited pharmacopeia, based on an imperfect knowledge of physiology, often failed to treat. This book looks at clinical observations and theories by several English doctors, who, with the encouragement of the East India Company, strove to address these ailments. This enthralling story begins with John Woodall, who never voyaged to India but equipped the surgeons chests aboard ships sailing there, and ends with James Esdailes contentious work at the experimental Mesmeric Hospital he was permitted to set up briefly in Calcutta.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Unseen Enemy: The English, Disease, and Medicine in Colonial Bengal, 1617 1847. To get started finding Unseen Enemy: The English, Disease, and Medicine in Colonial Bengal, 1617 1847, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
257
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release
2014
ISBN
1306923514
Unseen Enemy: The English, Disease, and Medicine in Colonial Bengal, 1617 1847
Description: Europeans in early colonial Bengal fell prey to new diseases that their limited pharmacopeia, based on an imperfect knowledge of physiology, often failed to treat. This book looks at clinical observations and theories by several English doctors, who, with the encouragement of the East India Company, strove to address these ailments. This enthralling story begins with John Woodall, who never voyaged to India but equipped the surgeons chests aboard ships sailing there, and ends with James Esdailes contentious work at the experimental Mesmeric Hospital he was permitted to set up briefly in Calcutta.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Unseen Enemy: The English, Disease, and Medicine in Colonial Bengal, 1617 1847. To get started finding Unseen Enemy: The English, Disease, and Medicine in Colonial Bengal, 1617 1847, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.