MacCALLUM, William George
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On the flagellated form of the malarial parasite.Lancet, 2, 1240-41, 1897.MacCallum reported at a meeting of the British Association his observation of the mode of fertilization of the malarial parasite of birds; two months later he announced that he had found the same to hold good for the human parasite. Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Mosquito-Borne Diseases › Malaria, PARASITOLOGY › Plasmodia › P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, and P. knowlesi |
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Notes on the pathological changes in the organs of birds infected with haemocytozoa.J. exp. Med., 3, 103-16, 117-36, 1898.MacCallum and Opie discovered the sexual phase of malaria parasites. Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Mosquito-Borne Diseases › Malaria, PARASITOLOGY › Plasmodia, VETERINARY MEDICINE › Veterinary Parasitology |
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On the relation of tetany to the parathyroid glands and to calcium metabolism.J. exp. Med., 11, 118-51, 1909.Proof that the parathyroids control calcium metabolism. MacCallum and Voegtlin were able to demonstrate the removal of post-parathyroidectomy tetany by administration of calcium. Subjects: ENDOCRINOLOGY › Parathyroids |
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On the relation of the islands of Langerhans to glycosuria.Johns Hopk. Hosp. Bull., 20, 265-68, 1909.MacCallum suggested a relationship between lesions of the islands of Langerhans and the glycosuria of diabetes. Subjects: Metabolism & Metabolic Disorders › Diabetes |