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SLEEMAN, Sir William Henry (1788 – 1856)

SLEEMAN, Sir William Henry (1788 – 1856)

1788 – 1856

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1844 CE

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Rambles and recollections of an Indian official. 2 vols.

SLEEMAN, Sir William Henry (1788 – 1856)
SLEEMAN, Sir William Henry (1788 – 1856)

Lathyrism, a disease occuring in India, and parts of Africa, was known to Hippocrates. Sleeman, an Indian official and major general who presided over the suppression of Thuggee, had no special knowledge of medicine, …