Mohan Mishra was an Indian physician, known for his studies on Visceral leishmaniasis, and its treatment using Amphotericin B, regarded by many as a pioneering attempt.
16 Facts About Mohan Mishra
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Mohan Mishra was born in Koilakh, in the Madhubani district of the Indian state of Bihar on 19 May 1937.
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In 1979, Mohan Mishra became the Professor of the General Medicine department.
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Dr Mohan Mishra retired in 1995, voluntarily ending his career at the DMCH.
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Leishmaniasis, the second largest parasitic killer after Malaria and known locally as Kala Azar, was a common disease in the area and, after extensive research funded by the World Health Organization, Dr Mohan Mishra proposed the use of Amphotericin B to combat the disease through an article he published in Lancet in 1991.
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Mohan Mishra is credited with research on arsenic in drinking water.
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Mohan Mishra's studies on the subject, assisted by his son, Narottam Mishra who is an information scientist at the Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, have been successful in finding a cost-effective way to eliminate arsenic from drinking water by using food-grade alum.
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Mohan Mishra has shown that Brahmi, a herb traditionally used in India, can be effective in the treatment of Dementias.
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Dr Mohan Mishra is the author of A Textbook of Clinical Medicine, published by the Oxford University Press and Clinical Methods in Medicine a guide on clinical examination of patients.
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Mohan Mishra has written several non fiction books such as:.
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Mohan Mishra has written many articles in international scientific journals such as Lancet and British Medical Journal.
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Mohan Mishra lived in Bengali Tola in Laheriasarai, the twin city of Darbhanga, in North Bihar engaging himself with social activities such as free medical camps in remote villages in the Darbhanga, Jhanjharpur and Madhubani districts.
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Mohan Mishra has served on two expert committees on Kala Azar set up by the Government of Bihar and the Government of India and has been an expert member of the Union Public Service Commission.
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Mohan Mishra has served as the Inspector of the Medical Council of India for the master's degree examinations of Assam University, Silchar and Tamil University, Tanjavur.
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Mohan Mishra is a recipient of the Dr Rajendra Prasad Oration award which the Rajendra Prasad Memorial Research Institute, Patna conferred on him for his studies on Kala Azar.
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Mohan Mishra has been honoured by the Delhi Administration for his literary work on the Indian freedom movement.