HLTA02H3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Blood Transfusion, Plasmodium Malariae, Hemoglobin
27 Aug 2016
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Some symptoms include enlarged spleen, periodic fevers, headache, chills, and fever. It probably came to europe from africa via the nile valley or by means of closer contact between europeans and the people of asia minor. Hippocrates noted two different types of malaria: 1) benign tertian: one with recurrent fevers every third day 2) quartan: another with fevers on the fourth day, he also noted that those living near marshes had enlarged spleens. This condition was called the roman fever because of its presence in the. Roman republic, people then thought that this disease was due to the vapours or miasma"s emanating from the marshes, it was called by the. Italian name mal"aria , which meant literally bad air . By the 1800"s, it was found worldwide. Laveran had discovered is an animal parasite with different developmental stages. In 1884, his findings were confirmed by other italian doctors.
