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Book Title
New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers : Tales of Parasites and People
Publication Name
New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers
Title
New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers
Subtitle
Tales of Parasites and People
Author
Robert S. Desowitz
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
0393304264
EAN
9780393304268
ISBN
9780393304268
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Genre
Health & Fitness, Social Science
Release Year
1987
Release Date
23/09/1987
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.7in
Item Length
7.4in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
6.1 Oz
Publication Year
1987
Features
Reprint
Topic
Developing & Emerging Countries, Diseases / Contagious
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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It was not to be. The mosquito has become resistant to DDT; malaria is on the rise; although tapeworms rarely turn up any longer in the most lovingly prepared New York City gefilte fish, a worm may inhabit your sashimi; some strains of gonorrhea actually thrive on penicillin; there is even a parasite for the higher tax brackets--the "nymph of Nantucket"; and there are new ailments--legionnaire's disease, Lassa fever, and new strains of influenza. In the long run, one might bet on the insects and the germs. Meanwhile Dr. Robert Desowitz has written a delightful and instructive book.

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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393304264
ISBN-13
9780393304268
eBay Product ID (ePID)
138763

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Book Title
New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers : Tales of Parasites and People
Author
Robert S. Desowitz
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Developing & Emerging Countries, Diseases / Contagious
Publication Year
1987
Genre
Health & Fitness, Social Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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Item Length
7.4in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
6.1 Oz

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Reprint
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Dr. Desowitz tells many wise and important things about the health problems of the Third World . . . and of our own world. Fortunately, he presents his views in the form of highly entertaining stories that reveal how the life complexities of the microbial agents of disease are more than matched by the oddities of human behavior.
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