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Handbook of Medical Entomology
Excerpt from Handbook of Medical Entomology
Early suggestions regarding the transmission of disease by insects. The wavs in which arthropods may affect the health of man.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Early suggestions regarding the transmission of disease by insects. The wavs in which arthropods may affect the health of man.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
364 pages, Paperback
First published January 17, 2007
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April 10, 2015
Extremely interesting from a historical perspective. Much of the science was still new and developing, and since antibiotics were still decades away, the primary danger from most insect bites was the risk of secondary infections. The standard "is it venomous?" test seemed to be "grind it up, suspend in saline, and inject into your assistant." Lyme disease had not yet been discovered, and the cause of Polio was just being figured out. Non-consensual human experimentation is mentioned in passing without any notes regarding ethics. Appendix includes a recipe for fumigating a house with cyanide gas (!!).
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