An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”
16077 entries, 14165 authors and 1948 subjects. Updated: May 6, 2025
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The transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever by the bite of the wood-tick (Dermacentor occidentalis).J. Amer. med. Assoc., 47, 358, 1906.Ricketts (who himself died of typhus) demonstrated that the wood tick Dermacentor andersoni is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States › American West, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Rickettsial Infections, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Tick-Borne Diseases › Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Permalink: www.historyofmedicine.com/id/7054 |