WATSON, SIR MALCOLM: African Highway - The Battle for Health in Central Africa

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WATSON, SIR MALCOLM : African Highway - The Battle for Health in Central Africa

Johns Murray

1953, 294 pp with frontis, numerous bw photos, maps and plans., Very good condition in original hardcover, with slightly edgeworn dustjacket.

The author was medical advisor to the Copperbelt mines from 1929 onwards, and his fight against malaria, as well as other prevalent diseases, brought him into prominence. Much on the treatment of local labour in the mine compounds and matters relating to their health and well-being. An interesting socio-economic document on the impact of mining, as well as a biographical record and history of 20th century medical advances in Central Africa. Contains a section on African village life.

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