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Refused a Nobel, This Unsung Indian Scientist’s Research Saved Millions of Lives
“De died in 1985 unhonoured & unsung in India’s scientific circles. That our Academies didn't see it fit 2 elect him to their Fellowships must rank as one of the most glaring omissions of our time.”
The Unsung Hero #SambunathDe
Sambhunath De (1/2/1915 – 15/4/1985) was a Bengali medical scientist and researcher, who discovered the #choleratoxin, the animal model of cholera and successfully demonstrated the method of transmission of cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae.
Born at
Hooghly for a middle class family, De completed his matriculation by his uncle's support & higher education by Scholarship & support from a Seth who identified his zeal for studies.
De did his medical degree from Calcutta & finished his PhD from London.
In 1955 De became the
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Story of an unsung hero who was denied his place by scientific community both in Bharath & worldover.
Sambhunath De (1/2/1915 – 15/4/1985) was a Bengali medical scientist and researcher, who discovered the #choleratoxin, the animal model of cholera and
successfully demonstrated the method of transmission of cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae.
Born at Hooghly for a middle class family, De completed his matriculation by his uncle's support & higher education by Scholarship & support from a Seth who identified his zeal for studies.
De did his medical degree from Calcutta & finished his PhD from London.
In 1955 De became the Head of Pathology and Bacteriology Division of the Calcutta Medical College, which he continued until his retirement.
In 1959 De was the first to demonstrate that cholera bacteria
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