1805 DONOVAN, Edward (1768 – 1837)
An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific oceans: Including the figures and descriptions of one hundred and fifty-three species of the more splendid, beautiful, and interesting insects, hitherto discovered in those countries, and which for the most part have not appeared in the works of any preceding author. The figures are correctly delineated from specimens of the insects; and with the descriptions are arranged according to the Linnæan system, with reference to the writings of Fabricius and other entomologists.
"Apart from occasional excursions in England and Wales Donovan never left London. His Insects of New Holland is based on specimens collected by Joseph Banks and William Bayly an astronomer on the second and third voya…
GMN 9085 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11264
1869 –1870 TURNER, George Alexander (1845 – 1900)
Lafa Tokelau, or Tokelau ringworm.
First description, tinea imbricata. Turner described the disease while serving as a medical missionary in Samoa.
GMN 4059 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5424
1928 MEAD, Margaret (1901 – 1978)
Coming of age in Samoa: A psychological study of primitive youth for western civilisation.
Mead based her study primarily on adolescent girls on the island of Ta'u in the Samoan Islands. The book detailed the sexual life of teenagers in Samoan society in the early 20th century, and theorized that culture ha…
GMN 10118 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12307
1954 –1960 IYENGAR, Mandayam Osuri Tirunarayana (1895 – 1963)
Annotated bibliography of filariasis and elephantiasis. 5 parts.
South Pacific Commission Technical Papers, Nos. 65, 88, 109 (and Supplement), 124, and 160.
GMN 5352.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6921
1982 KUNO, Goro (1940 – ); FLORES, Bess
Bibliography of dengue fever and dengue-like illnesses, 1780-1981.
GMN 5475.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7625
1985 PARSONS, Claire D. F.
Healing practices in the South Pacific. Edited by Claire D. F. Parsons
GMN 12550 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14787
1995 WHISTLER, Wayne Arthur (1944 – 2020)
Samoan herbal medicine. O Lā'au ma Vai Fofō o Samoa.
GMN 12549 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14786
1997 LEWIS, Milton James; BAMBER, Scott; WAUGH, Michael
Sex, disease, and society: A comparative history of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. Edited by Milton J. Lewis, Scott Bamber and Michael Waugh.
GMN 10030 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12219
2006 MACPHERSON, Cluny; MACPHERSON, La'avasa
Samoan medical belief and practice.
"...the first comprehensive study of Samoan medicine. Cluny and La‘avasa Macpherson have carried out intensive investigation into the practice and beliefs of contemporary indigenous healers, or fofo, in Western Samoa …
GMN 12551 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14788
