{"product_id":"fighting-the-fever-kala-azar-in-eastern-india-1870s-1940s-hardback-9781009568203","title":"Fighting the Fever; Kala-azar in Eastern India, 1870s–1940s (Hardback) 9781009568203","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFighting the Fever\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eKala-azar in Eastern India, 1870s–1940s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores the history of black fever as an epidemic and the battles to contain it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAchintya Kumar Dutta (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009568203, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 April 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e414 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.768 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe book investigates certain obscure but important aspects of the social history of disease and medicine in colonial eastern India, covering Assam, Bengal, and Bihar and Orissa-against the backdrop of the outbreak of a lethal disease called kala-azar, or black fever, scientifically known as visceral leishmaniasis, which spread its wings as an epidemic from the 1870s-and chisels out the interaction between the microbe behind the disease and medical interventionism on the one hand and health officials and the state on the other. The book does not narrate a simple account of disease and health. Instead, it analyses the social history of kala-azar in British east India in addition to revealing the hitherto undiscovered areas of research in the field of medical history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e List of Maps\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface and Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Note on Permissions\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Kala-azar: A Disease Sui Generis\u003cbr\u003e 2. Medical Intervention and Containment of Epidemics\u003cbr\u003e 3. Agony of Assam: Defeating the Dreadful Kala-azar\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bengal's Black Fever Burden: Beating the Disease\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Black Sigh' in Bihar: Experiences and Responses\u003cbr\u003e 6. From Tartar Emetic to Urea Stibamine: Medical Research on Kala-azar and Its Fruition\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Unsung Hero: The Genius of Upendra Nath Brahmachari\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Number of Kala-azar Patients Admitted for Treatment in Bengal\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415662588184,"sku":"9781009568203","price":89.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009568203i.jpg?v=1784420907","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fighting-the-fever-kala-azar-in-eastern-india-1870s-1940s-hardback-9781009568203","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}