Malaria was a common affliction in populations that lived beside the River Thames until the middle of the Victorian era, not only in its estuary, but even...

in a U.S. soldier returning from the Pahang Jungle of the Malaysian peninsula. Malaria in the River Thames Malaria in Mandatory Palestine Eleonora of Toledo...

The River Thames (/tɛmz/ TEMZ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215...

The Embanking of the tidal Thames is the historical process by which the lower River Thames, at one time a broad, shallow waterway winding through malarious...

submarine on the River Thames in England. The 15-arch Berwick Bridge in Great Britain by James Burrell is opened to traffic. 25 May – The Parliament of...

the bed of the River Thames. It is marked by a London Stone beside the mouth of the creek. Its successor for navigation purposes, the Port of London Authority...

The River Brent is a river in west and northwest London, England, and a tributary of the River Thames. 17.9 miles (28.8 km) in length, it rises in the...

his father in the building of the first tunnel under a navigable river (the River Thames) and the development of the SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven...

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, known as Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1955 to 1962, aired 29 episodes during its 10th and final season from 1964 to 1965...

Mosquito-malaria theory (or sometimes mosquito theory) was a scientific theory developed in the latter half of the 19th century that solved the question...

point of the Hoo Peninsula, overlooking the rivers of the Thames and Medway. In the 18th century poverty and malnutrition were widespread across the peninsula...

officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south...

finish at the stone, notably the Head of the River Race. Next to Putney Bridge is one of the sites used in the construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel...

on Cliffe marsh, to the west of the village where the chalk cliffs came almost to within a mile of the River Thames. The area also proved a useful source...

which in turn allowed the Americans to recover Detroit and win the Battle of the Thames to break the Indian confederation of Tecumseh. It was one of the largest...

miasmata near the River Thames' banks. Such a belief was in part accepted because of the general lack of air quality in urbanized areas. The wide acceptance...

historical vector for malaria (Plasmodium spp) particularly throughout Europe and the UK, and is considered the main vector for malaria in many countries such...

built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the River Thames from seaborne attack. Constructed during a period of tension with France, it stands on the south...

pumps associated with the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company, which supplied sewage-polluted water from the River Thames, Snow showed that areas...

toward the Middle East and Europe, eventually returning to his starting point in England. During his expedition, Lewis twice survived malaria, septicaemia...

iceboat was born. The first River Thames frost fair was in 1608 and the last in 1814. Changes to the bridges and the addition of the Thames Embankment have...

the used of trade and raids secured large amounts of fire arms and won many of the initial skirmishes against the Boer forces. A malaria outbreak in Ohrigstad...

ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated within the contemporary territory of modern-day Egypt. Ancient...

Church, built by D'Oyly, is laid. c. 1085 – First stone bridge over the River Thames at Grandpont (modern-day Folly Bridge) is built by D'Oyly. 1088 – Curia...

cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, mumps, yellow fever, and pertussis, which were chronic in Eurasia. However, recently scholars have studied the link between...

determined by EPA standards. As the World Health Organization states hazardous air is more deadly than AIDS, malaria, breast cancer, or tuberculosis,...

succumbed to yellow fever and malaria. No roads were available in the area thus the area was only accessible by the Tapajós River. The site was developed as a...

assigned for use in the Society's expedition. She was refitted at Deptford by the dock's master shipwright Adam Hayes on the River Thames for the sum of £2,294...

the conquest. In the south, conditions conducive to the spread of malaria existed throughout Petén and Belize. At the time of the fall of Nojpetén in...

twice survived malaria, sepsis, a bout of mild schizophrenia, and a crocodile attack near Australia in 2005. As part of a wider interest in sustainability...