Discovering gorilla
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7772962 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Conniff (New York Times, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 55-61 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-1538 • E-ISSN: 1520-6505 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/evan.20203 |
| OpenAlex | W4254303714 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
On July 16, 1847, a missionary newly arrived in New York City from West Africa packed a collection of bones in a box and shipped them off to a colleague in Massachusetts. In a letter, Thomas S. Savage (Fig. 1), a graduate of Yale College and Yale Medical School, admitted to being “quite unwell,” probably meaning “utterly wretched.” He had already endured tropical diseases in Liberia off and on for more than a decade, and he'd seen his first two wives languish and die there, probably of malaria. He wasn't the sort to complain lightly
Epistemology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Gorilla · Malaria · Meaning (existential) · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Immunology · Medicine · Philosophy · Zoonotic diseases and public health
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |