Author: Keatinge, H P, Looss, A
Publisher: Cairo: National Printing Dept 1905.
Description: 157p large hardback with cloth spine, boards creased, front board detached but present, with red note regarding on of the authors written to front board, from a Cambridge college library with label to spine and ink and pencil marks to front, pages unmarked with many b&w plates, this volume presents the essay: Anatomy and Life History of Agchylostoma Duodenale Dub. by A. Looss, PhD at the University of Leipzig, Looss was sent by Rudolf Leuckart to Egypt to study the transmission of bilharzia, where he became accidentally infected with hookworm, and in so doing discovered the method by which the larvae penetrate the skin. He spilt some larval culture onto his hand in 1896, while dropping it into the mouths of guinea pigs; observing the irritation this caused to his skin, he hypothesised that infection pass through the skin. He examined his faeces at intervals and found hookworm eggs in it a few weeks later. The paper he wrote about the life cycle of the hookworm is considered a classic in the field. He later described the species as Ancylostoma duodenale
Order No: PIP 128242
Language: English
This book has been catalogued with the following subject terms: Arab World, Biology, Medicine
