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An Enquiry Into the Origin and Intimate Nature of Malaria

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An Enquiry Into the Origin and Intimate Nature of Malaria

Thomas Wilson

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Before the mosquito was caught in the act, malaria was blamed on bad air rising from marshes, its very name meaning just that. Wilson's enquiry gathers the competing theories of his day, from MacCulloch's ideas to the fevers of Holland's reclaimed swamps. A fascinating snapshot of medicine hunting an unseen cause. Read the mystery before the answer arrived.

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16 chapters

  1. 1AN ENQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND INTIMATE NATURE OF MALARIA.
  2. 2TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  3. 3CHAPTER I. MALARIA—ITS SUPPOSED ORIGIN.
  4. 4CHAPTER II. THEORIES OF MACCULLOCH.
  5. 5CHAPTER III. THE ORIENTAL PLAGUE—QUESTION OF CONTAGION.
  6. 6CHAPTER IV. HOLLAND AND BELGIUM, THE LAND OF MARSHES AND OF FEVER, RECLAIMED AND RENDERED SALUBRIOUS BY THE ENERGIES OF A FREE PEOPLE.
  7. 7CHAPTER V. ON THE PRESUMED SOURCES OF MALARIA.
  8. 8CHAPTER VI. THE LIVING WORLD—ITS EXTENT AS REVEALED BY THE MICROSCOPE—HOW ITS REMAINS ARE DISPOSED OF WHEN LIFE HAS CEASED.
  9. 9CHAPTER VII. ON THE DECOMPOSITION AND METAMORPHOSIS OF ANIMAL BEINGS, AND ON THE INFLUENCE THEY EXERCISE OVER THE SOIL AS A HABITAT FOR MAN.
  10. 10CHAPTER VIII. EARTH, AIR, AND WATER IN RELATION TO MAN—HOW MODIFIED BY HIM—RESULTS OF THAT MODIFICATION—ACTION AND REACTION.
  11. 11CHAPTER IX. ON POISONS, MIASMS AND CONTAGIONS.
  12. 12CHAPTER X. ON THE SERVITUDE OF RIVERS.
  13. 13CONCLUDING CHAPTER. AUTHOR’S THEORY OF MALARIA.
  14. 14CONCLUSION.
  15. 15APPENDIX.
  16. 16FOOTNOTES:
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