Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
An Illustrated History of The Pioneers
Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
ISBN: 978-0-12-373991-9
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing
Zielgruppe
Clinicians in tropical diseases, parasitologists, virologists, medical historians, medical students and public health officials
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Early pioneers of 'Medicine in the Tropics'Origins of the formal disciplinePatrick Manson (1844-1922) Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922) Ronald Ross (1857-1932) Carlos Finlay (1833-1915) James Cantlie (1851-1926) George Carmichael Low (1872-1952)David Bruce (1855-1931) The schistosomiasis saga: Theodor Bilharz (1825-1962), Robert Leiper (1881-1969), and the Japanese investigators.Joseph Everett Dutton (1874-1905)The causative agent of leishmaniasis: William Leishman (1865-1926) and Charles Donovan (1863-1951).Leonard Rogers (1868-1962) Aldo Castellani (1877-1971) Neil Hamilton Fairley (1891-1966) Lesser Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943) Andrew Balfour (1873-1931)Some less well documented pioneers 'Backroom' and lay pioneers of the specialityPoliticians and entrepreneursEpilogueAppendix 1: Presidential lectures to the (Royal) Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene devoted to the history of tropical medicine and hygiene.Appendix 2: Major 'milestones' in the history of Tropical Medicine.