A History of Human Helminthology
Preface .......................................................................................................................................
vii
Acknowledgements
....................................................................................................................
viii
1.
The nomenclature and classification of worms
...................................................................... 1
2.
Understanding the origin and transmission of worms
.......................................................... 33
3.
The discovery and development of anthelmintics
................................................................ 75
4.
Fasciola
hepatica and fascioliasis ..................................................................................
103
5.
Fasciolopsis
buski and fasciolopsiasis
............................................................................
127
6.
Clonorchis sinensis and clonorchiasis
............................................................................
141
7.
Paragonimus westermani and paragonimiasis
............................................................... 159
8.
Schistosoma
haematobium and schistosomiasis haematobia
.......................................... 187
9.
Schistosoma
mansoni and schistosomiasis mansoni
........................................................ 233
10.
Schistosoma japonicum and
schistosomiasis japonica ....................................................
263
11.
Trematode infections of lesser importance
.......................................................................
297
12.
Echinococcus granulosus and echinococcosis
or hydatid disease ...................................
319
13.
Taenia solium and taeniasis solium and cysticercosis
...................................................... 355
14.
Taenia saginata and taeniasis saginata
........................................................................... 385
15.
Diphyllobothrium latum and diphyllobothriasis ..............................................................
397
16.
Cestode infections of lesser
importance ...........................................................................
421
17.
Enterobius vermicularis
and enterobiasis
...................................................................... 439
18.
Trichuris trichiura and trichuriasis
.................................................................................
455
19.
Ascaris lumbricoides and ascariasis
...............................................................................
469
20.
Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus and
hookworm disease ......................... 499
21.
Strongyloides stercoralis and strongyloidiasis
................................................................ 543
22.
Trichinella spiralis and trichinosis
..................................................................................
571
23.
Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia species and filariasis ........................................................
597
24.
Loa loa and loiasis
.........................................................................................................
641
25.
Onchocerca volvulus and
onchocerciasis
.......................................................................
661
26.
Dracunculus medinensis and Guinea worm disease
....................................................... 693
27.
Nematode infections of lesser importance
........................................................................ 721
28.
Miscellanea
....................................................................................................................
765
29.
Biographies
......................................................................................................................
83
Person
index
............................................................................................................................
823
Subject index
...........................................................................................................................
836
Ash, L.R. Clinical Infectious Diseases
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in medical history and in knowing more than just the recent developments in the
study of particular parasites will enjoy and savor
the fascinating tales of our understanding of the major helminthic diseases in
humans…this book will certainly serve as the dominant historic reference on
helminthic diseases for many years to come, and deservedly so. David Grove has
accomplished a major feat and is to be applauded for it.”
Ashford, R.W. Annals of Tropical Medicine and
Parasitology
“Grove admits in his preface that the
preparation of his History of Human Helminthology was a labour of love.
A brief skim of his pages quickly reveals that his love has been fully
requited…. This is a thoroughly scholarly work, which will deserve a central
place in the bookshelf of anyone who wishes to be called a parasitologist, and
will enhance the subject for years to come.”
Boreham, P.F.L. International Journal for Parasitology
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but occasionally a real jewel appears. David Grove has produced such a book…
This book can be summed up in one word, ‘scholarly’
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History of Science.”
Cook, G.C. Transactions of the Royal Society of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
“This is a major scholarly text and it
would be wrong to regard it is an “easy read”…. it is a masterly coverage of a
vast series of observations and discoveries relating to those macroparasites which affect … Homo sapiens.
Goodwin, C.S. Nature
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style, Grove retains the reader’s attention and interest, even in the more
involved arguments and disputes… A History of Human Helminthology is
full of good stories… A splendid achievement, certain to
become the standard text on the history of human helminthology for many years.”
Nelson, G.S. Journal of Helminthology
“The publication of this book represents a
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achievement by the author, Dr David Grove.”
“…helminthologists
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contribution to the history of their subject…. With this work of scholarship
David Grove joins those key players; this book will be of immense value as a
reference source for parasitologists (in particular helminthologists),
physicians and, naturally, for all who are interested in the history of
parasitic diseases.
Théoridès, J. Annals of Science
“this is very impressive work and the most
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gratitude of historians of medicine and parasitology.”
Warrell, D.A. The Lancet
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diseases and geographical medicine, or medical history.”
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as those with a professional interest in helminths
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In his History of Tropical Medicine published
in 1939, HH Scott wrote : "Ankylostomiasis is
almost the only helminthic infestation of man in the tropics which can be said
to have a history, at all events a history of sufficient interest to call for
any detail". Scott was wrong. Many worms are visible to the naked eye and
some have been recognized for millenia. The study of
worms has been an integral component of Man's struggle to come to grips with
the origins of infectious diseases and the means by which they are transmitted
from one to another. This book is an attempt to describe the unfolding of those
events which have led to our current understanding of helminths
infecting humans. They have occupied many centuries and have been undertaken by
diverse men and women in many locations and climes. The first three chapters of
the book are general in nature, the next eight are concerned with trematodes
(flukes), the next five deal with cestodes (tapeworms
and cystic worms), the following eleven consider nematodes (roundworms) and the
final chapter covers various miscellaneous items. Chapters concerned with
specific worm infections follow a consistent plan, beginning with the discovery
of the parasite and then its life cycle, followed by an historical treatment of
how the clinical features have been recognized, diagnostic techniques
developed, treatment evolved, the epidemiology understood and preventive and
control measures applied. Short biographies of the major research workers are
appended at the end of the book. This work has been a labour of love from its
conception some dozen years ago till the presentation of the typeset manuscript
to the publisher. History is a dynamic subject, and it is my hope that others
will build upon and refine all that is recounted herein.
I am very grateful to the University of Western
Australia for twelve months' sabbatical leave during which time much of the
basic research for this book was undertaken in the United Kingdom. Special
tribute must be paid to two key sources. The first is the magnificent Tropical
Medicine and Parasitology: Classic Investigations edited by BH Kean, KE
Mott and AJ Russell (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1978) in which
translations of many of the most important original articles are brought
together. The second is the Tropical Diseases Bulletin in which the
helminthological literature has been abstracted since the early part of this
century. Thanks are due to Dr CR Morris for providing a photograph of his
grandfather, WH Ransom, to Dr John Walker for obtaining a photograph of H
Dew from the