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Animals and the Shaping of Modern Medicine The Parasitological Pursuit: Crossing Species and Disciplinary Boundaries with Calvin W. Schwabe and the Echinococcus Tapeworm, 1956–1975

Animals and the Shaping of Modern Medicine: The Parasitological Pursuit: Crossing Species and... [This chapter focuses on the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus, as studied by American parasitologist Calvin Schwabe. It shows how following the movements of Echinococcus between animal hosts, ecological environments, continents, and scientific and medical disciplines led Schwabe to new intellectual territory and career opportunities. Rather than casting the parasite in the restricted role of infectious disease threat, he regarded it as an animal like any other, worthy of biological investigation in its own right, and an influential ecological participant in its environment. His conception of species relationships undermined traditional boundaries between human and non-human animals. This transgression he also enacted on a disciplinary level, where he combined the advantages of biological and medical approaches to parasites, and the practices of both human and veterinary medicine. Always on the trail of his tiny tapeworm subject, he blazed a path that led him eventually to advocate a philosophy of ‘One Medicine’, an approach unbounded by species or discipline.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Animals and the Shaping of Modern Medicine The Parasitological Pursuit: Crossing Species and Disciplinary Boundaries with Calvin W. Schwabe and the Echinococcus Tapeworm, 1956–1975

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018. This book is published Open Access.
ISBN
978-3-319-64336-6
Pages
161 –191
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-64337-3_5
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[This chapter focuses on the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus, as studied by American parasitologist Calvin Schwabe. It shows how following the movements of Echinococcus between animal hosts, ecological environments, continents, and scientific and medical disciplines led Schwabe to new intellectual territory and career opportunities. Rather than casting the parasite in the restricted role of infectious disease threat, he regarded it as an animal like any other, worthy of biological investigation in its own right, and an influential ecological participant in its environment. His conception of species relationships undermined traditional boundaries between human and non-human animals. This transgression he also enacted on a disciplinary level, where he combined the advantages of biological and medical approaches to parasites, and the practices of both human and veterinary medicine. Always on the trail of his tiny tapeworm subject, he blazed a path that led him eventually to advocate a philosophy of ‘One Medicine’, an approach unbounded by species or discipline.]

Published: Dec 31, 2017

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