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1 online resource (xvi, 303 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index. |
| Summary |
"Leidy was the first in America to use the microscope as a tool in forensic medicine. He established the concept of parasitism and became the father of American protozoology and parasitology, describing for the first time Trichina in the pig, the source of the human disease trichinosis. As the founder of American vertebrate paleontology, he was the first to describe a dinosaur and many other extinct animals in America". -- Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891.
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Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891. |
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Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891. |
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Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Naturalists. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Warren, Leonard, 1924- Joseph Leidy. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1998 0300073593 (DLC) 98013015 (OCoLC)38566507 |
| ISBN |
0585359733 (electronic book) |
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9780585359731 (electronic book) |
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0300073593 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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