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