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Fifth edition. By Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez, and Charles A. Knirsch. 363 pp., illustrated. New York, Apple Trees Productions, 2005. $69.95. ISBN 0-9700027-7-7.

As a medical educator, I have always felt privileged to teach parasitology because it is fascinating — albeit the study of worms may be both fascinating and disgusting, the study of insects may be both fascinating and frightening, and the study of protozoa may be both fascinating and amazing. Teaching parasitology is fun, and when it is taught by a quintessential master such as Dickson D. Despommier — the Obi-Wan Kenobi of parasitology, as I have witnessed him to be in a classroom setting — it is pure magic for the students.

This book, written by Despommier and three of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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