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Lifetime: 1853 - 1918 Passed: ≈ 106 years ago

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Fleming Mant Sandwith

Books by Fleming Mant Sandwith

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Sleeping Sickness

History Non-Fiction Travel Science Health & Wellness
Imperialism Africa Colonialism Medical history Public health East Africa Parasite Stanley Sleeping sickness African Trypanosomiasis Tsetse Fly Tropical Disease Epidemiology Livingstone Emin Pasha

This short monograph, written in 1912, recounts the devastating impact of sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) in East Africa during the colonial era. Dr. Sandwith, an eyewitness to the epidemic, details the historical context, from the early...