Medicine & Surgery
Urea stibamine for kala-azar
1922 CEUpendranath BrahmachariBrahmachari's papersPan-Indian / unspecified
1922
An antimonial compound that became an effective treatment for visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar).
- Dated
- 1922
- As scholars put it
- 1922 CE
- Originator
- Upendranath Brahmachari
- Source text
- Brahmachari's papers
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Medicine & Surgery
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Adopted in treating the disease worldwide.
Fair to say
Brahmachari was Nobel-nominated (1929) but did not win.
Path to modern innovation
A landmark in tropical-disease chemotherapy.
Transmission
Developed in India; largely eradicated kala-azar in many regions.
References
- 1Brahmachari (1922)
- 2Nobel nomination archive
Further reading
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