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Foulard gowns and malaria science in early 1900s note
A readable fragment blends fashion descriptions of foulard gowns with a long discussion of malaria and mosquito-borne disease. It outlines how mosquitoes transmit malaria yellow fever and filariasis, describes parasite development in red blood cells and mosquito stomachs, and cites experiments by Sambon Low Reed and Lazear confirming insect transmission and incubation periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Laveran
Algeria
Howard
Sambon
Low
Journal of Tropical Medicine
Roman
Campaena
Rome
London
Monson
Charles Finlay
Cuba
Reed
Carroll
Agramonte
Lazear
United States Army
Finlay
Sternberg
Army
Quemados
Candico
Somebody