Kosambi, Damodar Dharmananda

Correspondence primarily between Penrose and D Kosambi regarding the following:

articles submitted for publication, with enclosed comments and summaries, and additional letters from R A Fisher, G Owen, A Bradford Hill and H Spurway;

Kosambi's research and clinical work in India, specifically attempts to establish phenylketonuria testing in Bombay, research into seasonal variation in Indian birth and death rates, the state of medical practice and research in India, and albinism;

discussion of Kosambi's mathematical formulae, including criticism from A Fisher and G Owen.

1946

46 letters plus 4 enclosures

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