Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine

GRACIELA S. ALARCON, MD, MPH, MACR, is the Jane Knight Lowe Chair of Medicine in Rheumatology, Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and emeritus professor of medicine at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Perú.  RENATO D. ALARCON, MD, MPH, is an emeritus professor of psychiatry and psychology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, and the Honorio Delgado Chair (Psychiatry) at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Perú.

"A detailed masterpiece that unveils the life events of the man who discovered the etiological agent of Carrión's disease, a malady that killed thousands of railroad workers in the highlands of Peru. It narrates concisely and with precision, with well documented sources, the tenacity of a researcher. The authors take us on an inspirational journey of a scientist determined to succeed in the face of adversity. A must read for researchers who are seeking to improve the well-being of their peers through their scientific research as a priority, instead of the laureate recognitions of society."— German Henostroza, Director, Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham"The Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine provides historical depth to the fascinating saga of the elucidation of Oroya fever and Verruga Peruana, the 'national disease' of Perú. The authors reveal, in an eminently readable and richly illustrated format, the personalities and achievements of Alberto Barton, Daniel Alcides Carrión and other key figures in a sometimes turbulent voyage of discovery. This book could very well become a classic of Latin American medical history."— David Warrell, coeditor of Oxford Textbook of Medicine; Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine, Oxford University

• TABLE OF CONTENTDedication.Preface.Acknowledgements.On behalf of the family.Foreword.Alberto Leonardo Barton: Biographic notes.Bartonella bacilliformnis.Pre-Inca and Inca PeriodsConquest and ViceroyaltyRepublican PeriodPre-Carrión;s periodCarrión's periodPost-Carrión's periodPost Carrión and Post Alberto L. Baron's periodCarrión's disease.The Other Bartonellas.Reflexions and Perspectives: Barton, the Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine.Conclusions.Comments: Alberto Leonardo Barton and Bartonella bacilliformis.