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CUNNINGHAM, David Douglas (1843 – 1914)

CUNNINGHAM, David Douglas (1843 – 1914)

1843 – 1914

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Maull & Fox, London photographers · collections.royalsociety.org · Public domain

1877 CE

#10722

Leprosy in India. A report.

The first quantitative study of leprosy in India. Leprosy first appeared in India at least 2,000 years ago and continued to exist throughout the subcontinent over the succeeding centuries. Upon the establishment of th…

1885 CE

#5293

On the presence of peculiar parasitic organisms in the tissue of a specimen of Delhi boil.

Cunningham saw and described bodies in Delhi boil; these were almost certainly Leishman–Donovan bodies.