Medical History · 1997 · 11 citations · 1 references
The Start: Wellcome's Nile Cruise and his Association with the Sudan During the winter of 1900-1901, Henry Solomon Wellcome, the well-known drug manufacturer, happened to be in one of the first parties of European civilians to visit the Sudan after the battle of Omdurman. The trip left a very strong impression on Wellcome. The country was devastated by war, disease and famine, as his account of an island north of Khartoum illustrated. He found most of the inhabitants afflicted by a severe febrile illness:
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