A Mosquito Survey of Certain Parts of South Africa, With Special Reference to the Carriers of Malaria and Their Control
by Ingram, Alexander, and Botha de Meillon
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Johannesburg: The South African Institute for Medical Research, 1927 and 1929). A two-part work, comprising Numbers XXII and XXIII of 'Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research', issued in October of 1927 and January of 1929. Two volumes, each 258 x 185 mm; printed wrappers; pp. 82 + (xxviii), [83-170] + (xx); several diagrammatic plates. Wrappers a little sunned, with ink stamp of 'Dr. A. Pijper's Laboratory', and chipped at extremities of backstrip in each case; laboratory ink stamps elsewhere; occasional fox spot. Good. An important work on the occurrence of malarial mosquitoes in South Africa. "The South African Institute for Medical Research in Johannesburg commenced its existence in 1912. Its 'Publications' dating from 1913 include a considerable amount of work on veterinary and medical entomology. ... B. de Meillon's work on the Anopheline mosquitoes and his series of studies on insects of medical importance are well known." - A. C. Brown (editor): A History of Scientific Endeavour in South Africa, p. 117. .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6279
- Title
- A Mosquito Survey of Certain Parts of South Africa, With Special Reference to the Carriers of Malaria and Their Control
- Author
- Ingram, Alexander, and Botha de Meillon
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- (Johannesburg: The South African Institute for Medical Research, 1927 and 1929)
- Keywords
- Tropical diseases. Malaria. Anopheline mosquitoes. Medicine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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