Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2089

CHARLES LOUIS ALPHONSE LAVERAN (1845-1922) Leishmanioses: kala-azar, bouton d'orient, leishmaniose américaine. Masson 1917 iii, 521 pp., illus., 6 plates (2 col.). 23.9 cm.

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Laveran received the Nobel prize for his work on protozoa as the cause of disease and, in particular, for his discovery of the malaria parasite in human blood. Nearly all of his investigations had to do with tropical diseases as does the present treatise on Leishmaniasis, his last major work.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.