| preface: glasgow encounters with tropical diseases. | the period 1875-1925 was remarkable in the history of parasitology mainly for the elucidation of the life cycles of parasites causing important parasitic diseases and the incrimination of vectors in their transmission. these discoveries were made by a small number of scientists working in the tropics a number of whom were scots. sir patrick manson, the discoverer of the mosquito transmission of filarial worms, was instrumental in directly or indirectly encouraging other scots including douglas a ... | 2017 | 28673370 |