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Trichinella spiralis

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Henry B. Ward typescript on Joseph Leidy

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/276
Scope and Contents

Typescript with holographic emendations and printing instructions; discusses Joseph Leidy’s contributions to parasitology, particularly isolation of Trichinella spiralis in pork.

Slightly expanded version published as Ward, Henry B. "The Founder of American Parasitology, Joseph Leidy," Journal of Parasitology, 10 (September 1923).

Dates: 1923
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Richard Owen essay on trichina spiralis

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/169
Scope and Contents

Richard Owen relates history and defends priority of his discovery of tricina spiralis in 1835. Published in Proceedings of the Zoological Society (1882), pp. 571-575.

Dates: 1882
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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