[History of trichinellosis in the history of the catalog of the French National Library]. / Quelques aspects de l'histoire de la trichinellose à travers le catalogue de la BNF.

ABSTRACT

The Open Line public access catalogue of the French National Library was consulted for the following key-words trichine, trichinose, Trichina, trichinellose. Around 50 monographs in French were published during three periods 1860-1869, 1880-1889 and 1970-1979. The 1970-1979 wave was linked with the emergence in Paris and its region of an outbreak related to horse-meat consumption. The 1880-1889 wave is explained by an economical war between Europe and the United States of America. The 1860-1870 wave occurred when the parasite cycle and the human disease were identified in Germany by Virchow and Zenker. In addition, some political and economic events could have increased the fear of the disease.