Insects, Hygiene and History - Couverture rigide

Busvine, James Ronald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0485111608 ISBN 13 : 9780485111606

Editeur : Athlone Press, 1976

Synopsis

Book by JR BUSVINE

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Busvines 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 mans 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.

Biographie de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Athlone Press
• Date d'édition: 1976
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0485111608
• ISBN 13: 9780485111606
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 269
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible