An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 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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Further report on the tsetse fly disease or nagana, in Zululand.London: Harrison & Sons, 1896.In this more-detailed follow-up to his "preliminary" paper of 1895 published in Durban, South Africa, Bruce provided definitive proof that the Trypanosoma was the cause of nagana, and the tsetse fly was the vector of transmission. He showed the part of the tsetse fly which took part in causation of nagana, described the trypanosoma, proved the connection between big game and spread of the disease, and provided a treatment for the disease (prophylactic and curative) using arsenic in the animals. In this paper Bruce also credited Lady Bruce, a trained laboratory technician, for help with the experiments. Sir David and Lady Bruce comprised the complete team in the "First British Nagana Commission to Zululand." Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.) Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › South Africa, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Tsetse Fly-Borne Diseases › Sleeping Sickness (African Trypanosomiasis), TROPICAL Medicine Permalink: historyofmedicine.com/id/13273 |