{"id":1755,"date":"2019-04-05T21:43:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T21:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2019-05-01T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T15:00:05","slug":"malaria-discovered-by-laveran-april-2019-notes-from-the-john-martin-rare-book-room-hardin-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/2019\/04\/05\/malaria-discovered-by-laveran-april-2019-notes-from-the-john-martin-rare-book-room-hardin-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaria Discovered by Laveran | April 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHARLES LOUIS ALPHONSE LAVERAN (1845-1922). <em>Trait\u00e9 du paludisme<\/em>. Paris: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1756\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2019\/04\/malaria1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Laveran; man with spectacles and high color\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\">Masson, 1898.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After graduating from the University of Strasbourg in 1867, Laveran became an army physician like his well-known father. While stationed at Constantine in Algeria, he discovered the malaria parasite which he named Oscillatia malariae.&nbsp;One of the great discoveries of modern medicine, it was announced in 1880.<\/p>\n<p>Laveran later served as professor of military hygiene at Val de Gr\u00e2ce and, resigning from the army, went to the Pasteur Institute where he devoted the remainder of his life to research and experimentation in tropical medicine and parasitology. He received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1907.<\/p>\n<p><em>Trait\u00e9 du paludisme<\/em> is the last of four separate treatises on malaria published by Laveran.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He summarizes the long history of the study of malaria;<\/li>\n<li>Describes his own discovery of the malaria parasite as well as its mosquito carrier, and<\/li>\n<li>Places considerable emphasis on the importance and necessity of draining marshes and stagnant bodies of water.<\/li>\n<li>He also covers the clinical, pathological, and therapeutic aspects of malaria and concludes with material on related parasitic diseases and problems yet to be solved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may view this book in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/rbr\/\">John Martin Rare Book Room, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences<\/a>. Make a gift to the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/donate.givetoiowa.org\/s\/1773\/foundation\/interior.aspx?sid=1773&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=507&amp;cid=1283\">donating online<\/a>&nbsp;or setting up a recurring <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1757\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2019\/04\/malaria2.jpg\" alt=\"image of mosquito larvae\" width=\"207\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2019\/04\/malaria2.jpg 207w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/needtoknow\/files\/2019\/04\/malaria2-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/>gift with The University of Iowa Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.uiowa.edu\/primo-explore\/fulldisplay?docid=TN_hathi_trustuc1.b3545489&amp;context=PC&amp;vid=01IOWA&amp;search_scope=default_scope&amp;tab=default_tab&amp;lang=en_US\">Scanned University of California copy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLES LOUIS ALPHONSE LAVERAN (1845-1922). Trait\u00e9 du paludisme. Paris: Masson, 1898. After graduating from the University of Strasbourg in 1867, Laveran became an army physician like his well-known father. 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