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Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria?
Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria
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We have long believed that our sanitized Western world is safe from the microbes and parasites of the tropics. Not so -- nor ever was it so -- according to Robert S. Desowitz. The story of how parasites arrived on our shores is a fascinating mix of history and scientific adventure and includes the medical effects of the slave trade, how the Worl... more »
Author:
We have long believed that our sanitized Western world is safe from the microbes and parasites of the tropics. Not so -- nor ever was it so -- according to Robert S. Desowitz. The story of how parasites arrived on our shores is a fascinating mix of history and scientific adventure and includes the medical effects of the slave trade, how the Worl... more »
ISBN-13: 9780156005852
ISBN-10: 0156005859
Publication Date: 9/30/1998
Pages: 264
Rating: 1
ISBN-10: 0156005859
Publication Date: 9/30/1998
Pages: 264
Rating: 1
5 stars, based on 1 rating
Genres:
- Science & Math >> History & Philosophy >> History of Science
- Medicine >> Diseases >> General
- Medicine >> Special Topics >> History
- Medicine >> Internal Medicine >> Infectious Disease >> Tropical Medicine
- Medical Books >> Medicine >> Internal Medicine >> Infectious Disease >> Tropical Medicine
