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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

De la géneration des vers dans le corps de l’homme.

Paris: d’Houry, 1700.

The first medical parasitology text– an exhaustive study of the parasites of man, the diseases associated with them and their treatment. Andry’s views were often ahead of his time. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he did not believe in the spontaneous generation of parasites but clearly stated that their seeds entered the body from outside sources and that some foods were particularly liable to contain them. English translation, London, 1701.

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Entry Number#2448.2
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/2958
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External URLde-la-gneration-des-vers-dans-le-corps-de-lhomme

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris

Mentioned in annotation: London