Tropical diseases : a manual of the diseases of warm climates / by Patrick Manson.

Date:
1903
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    It would be impossible to indicate here all that has been accomplished during these last five years, but I might point out more especially the installation of the mosquito as a leading factor in tropical pathology, the establishment of the mosquito-malaria theory, the discovery of the relationship of this insect to yellow fever, the discovery of the precise way in which Filaria nocturna is inoculated by the mosquito, the discovery of trypanosomiasis in man, the discovery of an unsuspected route by which Ankylostomum duodenale may get access to the human intestine. Several new diseases have been added to the already sufficiently long category of tropical ailments, and, although I cannot chronicle any very important therapeutical advance, much has been added to our knowledge of pi’eventive medicine and considerable advances have been made in our means of diagnosis. These and other important discoveries and developments have entailed not only extensive revision, but also expansion of this manual, and an addition to the number of its illustrations. Although every endeavour has been made to confine it to its original modest dimensions, I regret to find that a material addition to its size has been inevitable. Notwithstanding this, I trust the manual may still be found to fulfil its original purpose of conveying adequate information in small compass. March, 1903.