Bilharzia: A History of Imperial Tropical Medicine (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)

Professor Farley describes how governments and organizations in Britain, the British colonies, the United States, Central and South America, South Africa, China, and the World Health Organization faced one particular tropical disease, bilharzia or schistosomiasis. Bilharzia is caused by a species of blood vessel-inhabiting parasitic worms and today afflicts over 200 million people in seventy-four countries.John Farley is the author of 'Bilharzia: A History of Imperial Tropical Medicine (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)', published 1991 under ISBN 9780521400862 and ISBN 0521400864.