In article <33D24637.55E4 at iamerica.net> cmonahan at IAMERICA.NET (Cliff Monahan) writes:
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>From: cmonahan at IAMERICA.NET (Cliff Monahan)
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>Subject: history and parasites
>Date: 20 Jul 1997 08:00:56 -0700
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>Two items I hope that somebody can steer me towards. The first is a history of the
>cadeusis. 'We' know it as Dracunculus medinensis wrapped on a staff, but did Herodotus
>mention it in his 'History', are their biblical references to the cadeusis or just the
>'fiery serpent,' how deep into Africa was its use as a symbol of a 'healer' found, is it
>still used in D. medinensis-indigenous regions, and why is Mercury associated with the
>cadeusis. The second relates to techtonic plate movements and the theory of continental
>drift. I understand this was first proposed by a parasitologist who studied parasites of
>fresh-water fish in South America and Australia. Can anybody give me his name or a
>reference of this work? I'm trying to gather interesting parasitological topics for use
>in a potential PBS series for the ASP, along the lines of 'Cosmos,' but for parasites.
>One part would cover parasites in history, so if anyone cares to offer their favorite
>historical parasite topic, then I'd be much intrigued and thankful.
>Cliff
Do you know about the book "Veterinary Medicine. An Illustrated History" by
Dunlop and Williams (Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 1996, US$ 89.95, ISBN
0-8016-4209-9)? It is excellent and has quite a bit of history of
parasitology. You should check it out for your project.
Greetings,
Omar O. Barriga
