Dr E W Price, the discoverer of podoconiosis

J Med Biogr. 2022 Feb;30(1):2-5. doi: 10.1177/0967772019888406. Epub 2019 Nov 17.

Abstract

A straightforward biography of Dr E W Price, the discoverer of podoconiosis, a medical missionary who was also the first to elucidate plantar ulcers in leprosy.

Keywords: Medical biography; medical missions; plantar ulcers; podoconiosis.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Elephantiasis* / history
  • Foot Ulcer*
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Leprosy*

Personal name as subject

  • E W Price