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Introduction: Invasive Species, Global Health, and Colonial Legacies. 引言：入侵物种、全球健康和殖民遗产。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae042

Jules Skotnes-Brown, Christos Lynteris

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The Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) Invasion: The Construction of an Invasive Animal Threatening a "Healthy" Great Lakes Ecosystem. 海七鳃鳗（Petromyzon marinus）入侵：一种威胁“健康”大湖生态系统的入侵动物。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae046

Vincent Bijman

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A Rat's Progress: Plague and the "Migratory Rat" in British India, 1896-1899. 一只老鼠的进步：瘟疫和“迁徙老鼠”在英属印度，1896-1899。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae044

Christos Lynteris

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Gerbils without Borders: Invasiveness, Plague, and Micro-Global Histories of Science, 1932-1939. 沙鼠无国界：入侵、瘟疫和微观全球科学史，1932-1939》。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae041

Jules Skotnes-Brown, Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva

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Invasive Species, Health, and Global History Afterword: The Disavowal of Human Agency. 入侵物种，健康和全球历史后记：人类能动性的否定。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae047

Sabine Clarke

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Politics, Techno-Science, and the Environment: The Late Twentieth-Century Challenges of Locust Control in Post-Colonial Southern Africa. 政治、技术、科学和环境：后殖民时期非洲南部20世纪后期蝗虫控制的挑战。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae040

Admire Mseba

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"Covering For Our City Blight": Kudzu and Public Health in Atlanta, 1979-1994. “掩盖我们城市的枯萎”：1979-1994年亚特兰大的葛根和公共卫生。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae045

Kenneth Reilly

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The Unruly Endurance of Condurango in Global Cancer Care. Condurango在全球癌症治疗中的难以驾驭的耐力。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jraf016

Raúl Necochea López

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Resetting Her Biological Clock: Menstrual Induction in Imperial Rome. 重置她的生物钟：罗马帝国的月经诱导。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jraf017

Kassandra Miller

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A Comparative History of Painless Childbirth in China: From Psychoprophylactic Method to the Lamaze Method. 中国无痛分娩的比较史：从精神预防法到拉玛兹法。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jraf015

Jin Yanan, Su Jingjing

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