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This episode considers some of the animals – big and small, welcome and unwelcome – that have accompanied us humans on our journeys through the history of scientific and medical discovery. Of course animals have been the subject of scientific study for centuries, but what we often forget is that they aren’t [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Episode 4: Constant Companions
Posted in podcasts, tagged Burchell, Cape Colony, disease, dogs, empire, epidemic, flies, genetics, history of medicine, history of science, houseflies, imperialism, natural history, race, scientific expeditions, South Africa, war on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
