Manmohandas Soparkar

Manmohandas B. Soparkar (10 April 1884 in Poona, † May 31, 1952, in Bombay) was an Indian physician and parasitologist who was mainly known for his research into trematode parasites and tuberculosis. > BiographyChange source

Soparkar went to school in his home town of Poona and studied at the Grand Medical College in Bombay, where he promoted Doctor of Medicine in 1913. In 1918 he developed a special medium, the Soparkar medium, to cultivate influenza viruses. After the First World War, the disease spreaded with the help of infected returning soldiers, he investigated the development of the parasites and found the larvae of various parasitic trematodes and described them. He also worked on the study of tuberculosis and described methods for cultivating the bacteria as well as the infections between infected humans. He also studied animal tuberculosis.

In 1935, Soparkar became assistant director of the Haffkin Institute in Bombay and worked on various diseases, including, for example, cholera at the King Institute in Guindy, Madras. In 1937 he was admitted to the National Institute of Sciences of India and in 1949 he became president of the medical section of the Indian Science Congress. In 1952, Soparkar died in the Bombay. Edit sourcetext

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