MR. BURKITT AND AFRICA. by Glemser, Bernard.

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MR. BURKITT AND AFRICA.

Edition: First printing.

New York: World Publishing Co., (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the discovery by an Irish doctor working in Uganda of a previously undiagnosed form of cancer which was killing children in Africa - and his search for an effective treatment for it. At the time this book was written the cure rate for Burkitt's lymphoma was greater than 60%; it is now 85-90%. Map, photographs. xii, 236 pp.

Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a good dj (spine label)

Book ID: 86588
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