Danda Venkata Subba Reddy

Danda Venkata Subba Reddy (1899–1987) was a professor of medicine in India, and a pioneer of the medical history of South Asia.[1] Subba Reddy was the founder of the National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage in Hyderabad, an institution first envisioned by Henry Sigerist in the 1940s.[2]

He was principal of Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad between 4 May 1957 and 29 January 1959.[3]

He wrote many pioneering articles on Indian medical history, and the book Glimpses Of Health And Medicine In Mauryan Empire (1966).[4]

Publications

References

  1. Rao, B. Rama, "In memoriam: D. V. Subba Reddy (1899-1987)": Bull Indian Inst Hist Med Hyderabad. 1987, 61: 253-54.
  2. Anonymous, "The Indian Institute of History of Medicine in Hyderabad": Ayurvijnana Volume 5, Autumn 1998.
  3. Principals at GMC website.
  4. Glimpses of Health in Internet Archives
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