Brown Bag Lunch: Author Reading and Discussion of "What's Eating You?: People and Parasites" May 13, 2010

Join the National Museum of Health and Medicine and author Eugene H. Kaplan for a brown bag lunch featuring a reading and discussion of Kaplan's book, "What's Eating You?: People and Parasites." In "What's Eating You" Kaplan recounts the true and harrowing tales of his adventures with parasites, and in the process introduces readers to the intimately interwoven lives of host and parasite. Kaplan will share stories about parasites from worms to lice, designed to appeal to people eating lunch. Topics will cover leeches attacking soldiers in Vietnam, lice attacking lovers in New Orlean, worms attacking eaters in Israel and what to do when you return from a trip and suspect you have parasites. Kaplan is the Donald A. Axinn Endowed Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Conservation (emeritus) at Hofstra University.

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