| RefNo | LC/1946/20 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Brahmachari, Upendra Nath |
| Date | 23 June 1941 |
| Description | Certificate of Candidate for Election to the Fellowship
Suspended 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
Lapsed 1946 |
| Citation | Brahmachari, Sir Upendra Nath (Calcutta). Kaiser-i-Hind Gold Medal. Physician and chemist. Professor of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, and Professor of Tropical Medicine, Carmichael Medical College, Calcutta.
Distinguished for his investigations in chemotherapy and the treatment of tropical diseases. Introduced the use of ureastibamine in the treatment of kala-azar. He is the author of 'Studies in haemolysiss', 'Treatise on kala-azar', and some 144 publications, a list of which is attaached. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge: Proposer - J L Simonsen; Seconder - Megh Nad Saha; K S Krishnan; Birbal Sihni; J W W Stephens; L L Fermor; R B Seymour Sewell
From General Knowledge: Charles S Gibson; F G Donnan; J C G Ledingham |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |