A Cure for Serpents: A Doctor in Africa is a 1955 travel book by Alberto Denti di Pirajno, later the Duke of Pirajno, an Italian doctor, writer and former colonial governor of Tripoli.[1] Set in Libya, Ethiopia and Somalia, the book is a collection of anecdotes about various places he visited in his work as a physician in North Africa in the 1920s and the people he met, which includes tribal chieftains, Berber princes, courtesans and Tuareg tribesmen and of a lioness, which became part pet and part guard.[2] The book was translated into English in the same year by Kathleen Naylor.[citation needed] It was republished by Eland in 2005, with an Afterword by Dervla Murphy.[3]
 First English-language edition | |
| Author | Alberto Denti di Pirajno |
|---|---|
| Translator | Kathleen Naylor |
| Language | Italian |
| Genre | Travel |
| Publisher | Andre Deutsch |
Publication date | 1955 |
Published in English | 1955 |
References edit
- ^ Timmis, C (2008). "Medical Classics: A Cure for Serpents". BMJ. 336 (7636): 161.2–161. doi:10.1136/bmj.39415.445556.0f. PMC 2206257.
- ^ "Eland Books". Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ^ "A Cure for Serpents". Eland Books. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
External links edit
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- Timmis, Christopher (2008). "A Cure for Serpents". BMJ. 336 (7636): 161.2–161. doi:10.1136/bmj.39415.445556.0F. PMC 2206257.
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