Robert S. Desowitz
Birth date: January 02, 1926
Died: March 24, 2008
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In this book Desowitz goes over the evidence for the origin and history of several diseases, including malaria, worm infestations, yellow fever, and syphylis, of which there are actually four different kinds. I didn't know anything about hookworm, and had never heard of John Rockefeller's campaign a...
I have to read this again and see how much of it I remember then. A good layperson's outline of the immune system.
Shows the difficulty of fighting malaria, not only because it is such a complex parasite, but also because of human mistakes and corruption. This book also show some of the suffering caused by malaria on a personal level.
A chapter on tapeworms, sleeping sickness, river blindness, schistosomiasis, babesisosis, and guiardia...what's not to like? I had to read this twice because it was so entertaining and covered so much ground that after I read it the first time, I realized I didn't remember half of it! There is discu...