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active 19th century A. Mitra
A physician writing at the height of late-19th-century plague fears, this author brings both medical knowledge and firsthand public-health experience to a subject that terrified the world. The result is a compact, readable account of bubonic plague—its history, symptoms, spread, and prevention.
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The Bubonic Plague
by active 19th century A. Mitra
About the author
Little biographical information is readily confirmed, but contemporary editions of The Bubonic Plague identify A. Mitra as a medically trained doctor who served as Chief Medical Officer of Kashmir. The book itself was published in Calcutta in 1897, placing his work in the middle of a period when plague outbreaks were an urgent public-health concern.
A later official report on plague in Kashmir, published in 1904, also names A. Mitra as Chief Medical Officer there, suggesting he was directly involved in observing and responding to epidemic disease rather than writing only from a distance. That practical background helps explain the book's clear focus on causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Because so little else is easily verified, A. Mitra is best remembered today through this surviving work: a concise medical and historical study that captures how doctors of the era understood one of the world's most feared diseases.