An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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TURNER, George Alexander

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Lafa Tokelau, or Tokelau ringworm.

Glasg. med. J., 2, 510-12, 1869 – 1870.

First description, tinea imbricata. Turner described the disease while serving as a medical missionary in Samoa.



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Samoa, COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › South Pacific, DERMATOLOGY › Specific Dermatoses