My artistic padlet by https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju Made with joy en-us 2017-02-21 21:47:44 UTC 2017-02-21 22:02:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Human parasites include various protozoa and worms which may infect humans that cause parasitic diseases.Generally, the discovery of parasites in ancient humans relies on the study of feces and other fossilized material. The earliest known parasite in a human was eggs of the lung fluke found in fossilized feces in northern Chile and is estimated to be from around 5900BC. There are also claims of hookworm eggs from around 5000BC in Brazil and large roundworm eggs from around 2330BC in Peru. Tapeworm eggs have also been found present in Egyptian mummies dating from around 2000BC, 1250BC, and 1000BC along with a well preserved and calcified female worm inside of a mummy. alrifai2002 https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312140 2017-02-21 21:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312140 The first written records of parasites date from 3000 to 400BC in Egyptian papyrus records. They identify parasites such as roundworms, Guinea worms, threadworms, and some tapeworms of unknown varieties. In ancient Greece, Hippocrates and Aristotle documented several parasites in his collection of works Corpus Hippocraticus. In this book, they documented the presence of worms and other parasites inside of fish, domesticated animals, and humans. alrifai2002 https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312367 2017-02-21 21:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312367 Greece and Rome:In Greece, Hippocrates and Aristotle created considerable medical documentation about parasites in the Corpus Hippocraticus. In this work, they documented the presence of parasitic worms in many animals ranging from fish to domesticated animals and humans. Among the most extensively documented was the Bladder Worm (Taenia solium). This condition was called "measly pork" when present in pigs and was characterized by the presence of the larval stages of the Bladder Worm in muscle tissue. alrifai2002 https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312498 2017-02-21 21:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312498 Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Mesopotamia:The medieval Persian doctor Avicenna records the presence of several parasites in animals and in his patients including Guinea worm, threadworms, tapeworms, and the Ascaris worm. This followed a tradition of Arab medical writings spanning over 1000 years in the area near the Red Sea. However, the Arabs never made the connection between parasites and the diseases they caused. alrifai2002 https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312649 2017-02-21 21:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312649 China: The Chinese mostly documented diseases rather than the parasites associated with them. Chinese texts contain one of the few references to hookworm disease found in ancient records, but no connection to the hookworm parasite is made. The Emperor Huang Ti recorded the earliest mentioning (2700BC) of malaria in his text Nei Ching. He lists chills, headaches, and fevers as the main symptoms and distinguished between the different kinds of fevers. alrifai2002 https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312772 2017-02-21 21:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312772 India: In India, the Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita document malaria. These documents list the main symptoms as fever and enlarged spleens.The Bhrigu Samhita from 1000 BCE makes the earliest reference to Amebiasis. The symptoms were given as bloody and mucosal diarrhea. alrifai2002 https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312937 2017-02-21 21:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alrifai2002/rhdxwyu0yeju/wish/155312937