Article ID: CBB689450051

Richard Owen: An Overlooked Parasitologist (2017)

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Richard Owen (1804–1892) is one of the most important British biologists of the nineteenth century, making significant contributions in the field of comparative anatomy. However, one aspect of his scientific output continues to be overlooked, namely his contributions to parasitology and the influence parasites had on formulating his ideas on comparative anatomy and sexual reproduction. An overview of Owen's writings on parasites is presented delineated into three phases, a primary research phase during the 1830s including descriptions of the important human parasite Trichinella spiralis, a secondary phase of using parasites as models for his biological theories during the 1840s and 1850s, and a latter phase dominated by the controversy surrounding priority for the discovery of T. spiralis. Owen is considered as a pioneer of parasitology research whose popularization of the field provided a receptive environment in the UK that facilitates the ground breaking research in tropical parasitology undertaken by ...

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Authors & Contributors
Marcellos, Cintia Fernandes
Trushin, Maxim V.
Haruko Laurie
Susan Drain
Jeremy J. D. Greenwood
Inuzuka, Takaaki
Concepts
Biographies
Medicine
Botany
Mathematicians
Medicine and the military; medicine in war
Surgery
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
England
London (England)
Arctic regions
South America
Russia
Japan
Institutions
Imperial Kazan University
British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
University College, London
Royal Society of London
Royal College of Surgeons, London
Oxford University
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