Author: Charles Wardell Stiles

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-04-23

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780331918984

Excerpt from Trichinosis in Germany: Part I. General Remarks in Trichinosis in Germany; Part II. A Statistical Review of Trichinosis in Germany During the Eighteen Years 1881-1898; Part III. European Cases of Trichinosis of Alleged American Origin; Part IV. Bibliography of Trichinosis in Ger Historical summary of the discovery of trichinosis - When trichinae were first dis covered, it was not suspected that they were of importance to medicine, still less to international politics. First described in man (1835) in England; then in hogs (1847) in America; recognized as cause of disease (1860) in Germany (p. A knowledge of the life history of the parasite is necessary to understand the prob lems which arise. The parasites are transmitted only by use of raw or rare meat, chiefly pork, and cause the disease known as trichinosis (p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.