Historical Bibliography Updated: March 5, 2020
Filiaria sanguinis hominis - mature form.
Publication Details
Indian med. Gaz., 12 (9), 248-249. 1877 CE.
Lewis made the critical connection/association of the worm, Filaria sanguinis,(Wuchereria bancrofti ) to Elephantiasis. This brief account appears to be a third person account summarizing Lewis's work written by an editor of the Indian Medical Gazette. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.
Lewis published a formal paper in Lancet: "Filaria sanguinis hominis (mature form), found in a blood clot in Naevoid Elephantiasis of the scrotum," Lancet, II (1877) 453-455.
(Thanks for Juan Weiss for these references.)
Thematic Classifications
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #10787 |
| Permanent Link | https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/12983 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | filiaria-sanguinis-hominis-mature-form- |