A Sojourn in Tropical Medicine: Francis W. O'Connor's Diary of a Porto Rican Trip, 1927
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (646 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847714004 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Francis W. Dr. O'Connor is a unique foreigner: an invited scientist and scholar, a doctor in medicine and parasitology with expertise and experience in tropical medicine around the world, as well as a program officer of the Rockefeller Foundation. O'Connor es un doctor en medicina y parasitologÃa con conocimientos y experiencia en medicina tropical de todo el mundo, asà co
About the Author Dr. Francis W. O'Connor is a unique foreigner: an invited scientist and scholar, a doctor in medicine and parasitology with expertise and experience in tropical medicine around the world, as well as a program officer of the Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Francis W. O'Connor es un doctor en medicina y parasitologÃa con conocimientos y experiencia en medicina tropical de todo el mundo, asà como un oficial de programa de la Fundación Rockefeller
a disappointing look into early 20th century tropical medicine "A Sojourn in Tropical Medicine" is the contextualized diary of Francis W. O'Connor, an Irish-born physician and specialist in filariasis who delivered a series of invited lectures at the somewhat-newly formed Tropical Medicine school in Puerto Rico (at the time called Porto
O Connor detalla las condiciones de salud que encontro en la isla en el ano 1927, durante su visita de 18 dias como catedratico invitado de la recien fundada Escuela de Medicina Tropical. Francis W. Over the course of three weeks, he delivered a series of lectures on filariasis, launched a research project, and met people of the diverse strata of the Island's population. Su recuento presenta los primeros esfuerzos institucionales del regimen colonial estadounidense y el gobierno local disenado para combatir y eradicar enfermedades infecciosas y parasitarias como la filariasis, tuberculosis, anemia y lepra. Este diario de viaje del medico estadounidense de origen irlandes W. In 1927, Dr. O'Con