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RECORD NUMBER: 6 OF 6Main Title | Physician's guide to arthropods of medical importance | |||||||||||
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Author | Goddard, Jerome. | |||||||||||
Publisher | CRC Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1993 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 26856463 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 084935160X (acid-free paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Arthropod vectors | |||||||||||
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Collation | 332 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Pathological conditions caused by arthropods and principles of their treatment -- Principles of treatment for arthropod bites, stings, and other exposure -- Allergy to arthropods and their venoms -- Stings -- Bites -- Dermatitis, urticaria, and blistering from contact with arthropods -- Myiasis (invasion of human tissues by fly larvae) -- Delusions of parasitosis (imaginary insect or mite infestations) -- Arthropods of medical importance -- Identification of medically important arthropods -- Ants -- Bees -- Blister beetles -- Bugs (the true bugs) -- Urticating caterpillars -- Centipedes -- Cockroaches -- Earwigs -- Fleas -- Biting flies -- Non-biting flies -- Flies whose maggots cause myiasis in humans -- Lice -- Millipedes -- Mites -- Mosquitoes -- Moths (species whose scales or hairs cause irritation) -- Scorpions -- Spiders -- Ticks -- Wasps (paper wasps, hornets, and yellowjackets). |