Scrolls & Leaves: World History Podcast

Scrolls & Leaves: World History Podcast


8: A Disease Sleuth in Bangalore

December 16, 2020

We follow British scientist Ronald Ross as he tries to stop a cholera outbreak. At first he's stumped. The disease shows up in one place and then jumps to the other end of town. And how to get his hands on a microscope when there's only one in all of South India? Like a good detective, Ross puts the clues together -- quite literally -- into a handmade map and it helps him solve the mystery.