Cargando…
Joseph Leidy : the last man who knew everything /
"Leidy was the first in America to use the microscope as a tool in forensic medicine. He established the concept of parasitism and became the father of American protozoology and parasitology, describing for the first time Trichina in the pig, the source of the human disease trichinosis. As the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©1998.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Leidy was the first in America to use the microscope as a tool in forensic medicine. He established the concept of parasitism and became the father of American protozoology and parasitology, describing for the first time Trichina in the pig, the source of the human disease trichinosis. As the founder of American vertebrate paleontology, he was the first to describe a dinosaur and many other extinct animals in America". -- Jacket. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 303 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585359733 9780585359731 |