An illustrated history of malaria /
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| Author / Creator: | Poser, Charles M. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Parthenon Pub. Group, 1999. |
| Description: | xiv, 165 p., [1] p. of col. plates : ill. ; 31 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4116083 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1.. Introduction and general considerations
- The malaria parasite lifecycle
- The clinical manifestations
- Pathology and pathogenesis
- 2.. The general history of malaria
- Malaria in the ancient world
- Malaria in pre-Columbian America
- Illustrations
- 3.. From swamp fever to the malarial parasite
- Malaria: the name and its origin
- Melanemia
- The animalcular theory: Contagium vivum
- The cause of malaria: the malarial parasite
- 4.. The transmission of malaria
- The precursors
- The mosquito vector
- The role of the mosquito in the transmission of malaria
- The controversy: a matter of priority
- Illustrations
- 5.. Treatment of malaria
- Treatment of malaria before the Peruvian bark and quinine
- Pre-Columbian uses of cinchona bark
- The Spanish and European traditions
- The use of cinchona bark and quinine in North America
- The cinchona tree
- The cultivation of the cinchona tree
- Quinine
- Synthetic anti-malarials
- Illustrations
- 6.. Malaria prevention
- Protection against mosquitoes
- Cinchona bark and quinine prophylaxis
- The unsolved problems of malaria prevention
- Illustrations
- 7.. The impact of malaria
- Bibliography
- Names and Dates
- Index
