Download or read book New Guinea Tapeworms And Jewish Grandmothers written by Robert S Desowitz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1987-04-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A medical ecologist examines the threat posed by disease-carrying parasites and insects and identifies the conditions--miracle drugs, destruction of natural controls--that have encouraged them to flourish.