Friday, January 25, 2008

SAMBHU NATH DE

HE WAS A DOCTOR WHO ALSO DID RESEARCH TO DISCOVER THE BASIC CAUSE OF CHOLERA. HE WAS BORN IN 1915 NEAR KOLKATA.AFTER TAKING PhD FROM UNIVERSITY OF LONDON,HE JOINED NILRATAN SIRCAR MEDICAL COLLEGE.HE DISCOVERED A TECHNIQUE TO CREATE SOME SYMPTOMS IN RABBITS AS OBSERVED IN CHOLERA INFECTED HUMANS.HE FOUND THAT CHOLERA IS CAUSED NOT BY BACTERIA BUT BY A POISONOUS SUBSTANCE "ENTEROTOXIN".

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