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Q. Who invented the treatment of Kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis)?
Answer: Upendranath Brahmachari
Notes: Upendranath Brahmachari synthesised Urea Stibamine (carbostibamide) in 1922 and determined that it was an effective substitute for the other antimony containing compounds in the treatment of Kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis) which is caused by a protozon Leishmania Donovani. He died on 6th February, 1946.
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