Insects, Hygiene and History

James Ronald Busvine (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2015
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4742-4176-2 (ISBN)

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Busvine’s introductory account of the evolutionary histories of insects and mites leads on to a fascinating study of human reactions to ectoparasites. It shows how the extent of man’s curiosity about them and references to their prevalence provide a continuous commentary both on the history of biological science from Aristotle to the present day and on the modes and manners of ages past. Subjects of ribald verse, quack medicine and morbid imagination as well as literary symbols of piety, love and human insignificance, this is also the history of how medicine discovered that ectoparasites acted as transmitters for epidemic diseases.

James Ronald Busvine was Emeritus Professor of Entomology as Applied to Hygiene at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.

Introduction
1 The World of Insects and Mites
2 Origin and Evolution of Insects and Mites
3 The Harmful Effects of Parasites
4 The Prevalence of Ectoparasites in Different Epochs
5 Human Reactions to Ectoparasites
6 Ectoparasites as Objects of Scientific Curiosity
7 Medical Aspects of Ectoparasites
References
Index of Persons
Subject Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.11.2015
Reihe/Serie	History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	585 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	1-4742-4176-X / 147424176X
ISBN-13	978-1-4742-4176-2 / 9781474241762
Zustand	Neuware