LIVINGSTONE, David (1813 – 1873)
1813 – 1873
5 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Thomas Annan / Adam Cuerden · National Galleries of Scotland Accession number: PGP 74.2 · Public domain
1857 CE
#5269
Missionary travels and researches in South Africa.
Livingstone gave an accurate account of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans and of the disease in cattle following its bite (see pp. 80-83; picture of the tsetse fly on p. 571). In his time the bite of the fly was thoug…
1858 CE
#5270
Arsenic as a remedy for the tsetse bite.
Livingstone was probably the first to administer arsenic for the treatment of “nagana”, a disease of horses caused by trypanosomes. This followed a suggestion by James Braid. Digital facsimile from PubMedC…
1874 CE
#12705
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa. From eighteen hundred and sixty-five to his death. Continued by a narrative of his last Moments and sufferings, obtained from his faithful servants, Chuma and Susi, by Horace Waller, F.R.G.S.
"Livingstone’s most famous expedition was in 1866–73, when he traversed much of central Africa in an attempt to find the source of the Nile. This book contains the daily journals that Livingstone kept on t…
2004 CE
#9920
Livingstone Online: Illuminating imperial exploration. Adrian S. Wisnicki, director.
http://livingstoneonline.org/ "The "About This Site" section of Livingstone Online describes some of the key elements of this site, including our goals, mission, and staff. The section also includes a set of essays de…
2016 CE
#9922
The David Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project, Published by Livingstone Online and the UCLA Digital Library Program.
http://livingstone.library.ucla.edu/index.htm "The David Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project is a collaborative, international effort to use spectral imaging technology and digital publishing to make available a seri…