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The Golden Age of parasitology-1875–1925: the Scottish contributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

FRANCIS E. G. COX
FRANCIS E. G. COX*
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WCIE 7HT, UK
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*Corresponding author: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WCIE 7HT, UK. E-mail: Frank.cox@lshtm.ac.uk
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Summary

The period 1875–1925 was remarkable in the history of parasitology partly because of the number of significant discoveries made, especially the elucidation of important life cycles, and partly because of the achievements of the clinicians and scientists who made these discoveries. What is remarkable is that so many of these individuals were Scots. Preeminent in this pantheon was Patrick Manson, who not only discovered the mosquito transmission of filarial worms but was instrumental in directly encouraging others to make significant discoveries in the fields of malaria, Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis), onchocerciasis, loiasis and schistosomiasis and, indirectly, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. This chapter describes and discusses the contributions made by Douglas Argyll-Robertson, Donald Blacklock, David Bruce, David Cunningham, Robert Leiper, William Leishman, George Low, Patrick Manson, Muriel Robertson and Ronald Ross together with short biographical notes.

Keywords

Historyfilariasisonchocerciasisloiasisdracunculiasisschistosomiasistrypanosomiasisleishmaniasis
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Special Issue Review
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Parasitology , Volume 144 , Special Issue 12: Glasgow encounters with tropical diseases , October 2017 , pp. 1567 - 1581
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