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My favorite malaria history book
0 Comments Published by naman July 23rd, 2010 in Book review, HistoryMosquitoes, Malaria, and Man by Gordon Harrison, 1978.
Lucid writing, historical depth, and the framing of critical debates in malaria control make this book my favorite recounting of the last 130 years in the malaria world. Actually, this “history of the hostilities since 1880″ no longer covers the immediate events of the past 30 years but [...]
Guest post: Parasites in (ancient) humans – King Tut felled by malaria
0 Comments Published by naman February 22nd, 2010 in HistoryThe Malaria Blog welcomes guest posts – just send me an email.
From James | Parasitesinhumans.org:
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the famous pharaoh Tutankhamun was killed by malaria. According to their analysis, Tutankhamun was weakened by malaria and Köhler disease II. Tutankhamun ruled Egypt in 1334-1325 BC and he died [...]
Fred Soper, Malcolm Gladwell, mosquitoes, malaria, and DDT
2 Comments Published by naman February 13th, 2010 in HistoryMillions of people owe their lives to Fred Soper. Why isn’t he a hero?
Asks Malcolm Gladwell in his essay The Mosquito Killer. The article is an excellent look at the role played by an American physician in initiating the global malaria eradication efforts of the 50s and 60s. Gladwell has a very accessible writing style, but sometimes his narrative [...]
Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine Part 2
0 Comments Published by naman January 21st, 2010 in HistoryAs a follow-up to the previous post on the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine is a remarkable piece of history on its origins written by Helen Power. The subtitle “institutionalizing medical research in the periphery” summarizes the article and the insights one can expect from reviewing such a process. How are institutions forged? Who decides [...]
Operation Cat Drop: Parachuting cats for malaria control
1 Comment Published by naman September 7th, 2009 in HistoryThe American Journal of Public Health published a terrific account (hat tip: Steven Meshnick) of a bizarre event from the 1950s where:
DDT spraying to control malaria allegedly resulted in cats being poisoned in some areas, which led to increased rodent populations and, in turn, the parachuting of cats into the highlands of the island of [...]
Tales of malaria fascinate me, how could they not? It is a dangerous, exotic, haphazard, and hopelessly romantic history. No other disease is as entwined with colonialism, war, and agricultural industry. Also, the basics haven’t changed much. Little in the past few decades has altered the underlying rationale and means of practical malaria control. Thus, [...]
Last week in Kolkata I vaguely recalled reading about a school of tropical medicine somewhere in the city. Scouring around one afternoon, I found a majestic old building attached to the Calcutta Medical College. The Calcultta School of Tropical Medicine was started by Sir Leonard Rogers, one of the founders of the Royal Society of [...]
Fighting malaria since the Skeeter beaters
1 Comment Published by naman October 30th, 2008 in HistoryThe military and malaria have a long history together. Regarded as a scourge of soldiers in tropical areas, the disease is said to have been responsible for more casualties than bullets. In fact, military research produced many of our modern antimalarials including resochin (chloroquine) by the Germans prior to World War 2 and mefloquine which [...]
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