Parasitic diseases in Africa and the Western Hemisphere : early documentation and transmission by the slave trade
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(2) CONTENTS Forcword. V. VII XI. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part A. Different. kinds of early documentation Skeletal remains and remnants of parasites Inscriptions and reports of authors of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages Reports of sea captains, traders, explorers, physicians from the fifteenth lo the nineteenth century Old beliefs of a connection between certain parasites and diseases Early works of African and pre-Columbian American art representing parasitic diseases and parasites. 1.. 2. 3. 4. 5.. B. One 3 3. 3. 3 3. The slave trade I Slavery in general, kinds of slaves, transmission of diseases by slaves to different parts of the world. II. The slave trade from Africa to America 1. Development 2. The Spanish possessions and the slave trade 3. Origin of African slaves carried to the New World 4. Number of slaves carried from Africa and loss of lives 5. Circumstances which favoured the African slave trade to America 6. Revolts of negro slaves 7. Abolition of the slave trade. 7. 11 11. 14 18 20 21 23 25. Part Two The Early Documentation of Parasitic Diseases in Africa and the Western Hemisphere and their Transmission by the Slave Trade A Diseases caused by. protozoa. I Sleeping sickness of man. II III. Cutaneous leishmaniasis Malaria IV Amoebic dysentery. B. - trypanosomiasis of animals. 31. 43 50 62. Borrelia infections African relapsing fever. 66.
(3) Contents. X C. Human treponematosis. Introduction I Carate, mal del pinto, pinta II Yaws, framboesia, pian. III. 71. 79 85 94 98. Endemic syphilis. IV Venereal syphilis. D. Helminth infections I Intestinal Helminths. II. III. -. -. Enterobius Trichocephalus - Taenia - Hymenolepis Hookworm: Ancylostoma duodenale Necalor americanus Filariae Wuchereria bancrofti - Elephantiasis Dracunculus medinensis - the Guinea worm Loa loa Onchocerca sp. Onchocerciasis Enfermedad de Robles Blood flukes Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni - Schistosomiasis Ascaris. -. -. -. 113 113 115 119 119 124 132 136 145 145. E Leeches. Endoparasitism of leeches F. 151. Arthropod infections 156 156 157 157 158 160 161 161 161 161 162 165 167 169 176 178 183 185. I Bloodsucking Diptera Mosquiloes Sandflies - Phlebotomus sp Surret flies Tabanidae (gad flies or horse flies) Tsetse flies Glossina sp larvae II Fly - maggots Blood sucking fly larva Congo floor maggot - Larva of Auchmeromyia luteola Myiasis Larva of Ihe Tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga Larva of Dermatobia cyaniventris III Scabies - Sarcoptes scabiei IV Ticks V The sandflea Tunga penetrans VI Fleas VII Lice VIII Bedbugs. Cimex lectularius - C hemipterus (rotundatus) IX Porocephalus Maculo - Bicho do cu. -. -. G. 187. Part Three A Diseases and B. mortality of white people. on the Guinea coast. at. THE TIME OF THE SLAVE TRADE. 193. Representation of parasitic diseases and parasites in early African and pre-Columbian American art. 200. Conclusions Subject index Index of names. Illustrations. 215.
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