James Bayley Butler with the Royal Army Medical Corps, beginning as a lieutenant in 1915 and retiring a major after the war. For his service, he was awarded an MBE. Butler's primary research interest was in applied biology. He carried out research on "Catenaria anguillulae", a parasite of the ova of the liver fluke, from 1922 to 1932. Later on, Butler focused on the control of wood-boring beetles and the fungus that causes dry rot in wood "Serpula lacrymans". On this matter, he became an international expert, and assisted in the development of the company Biotox, which manufactured insecticides and fungicides for use
Affliction (Hamilton novel) Affliction (Hamilton novel) Affliction is a 2013 urban fantasy novel by Laurell K. Hamilton and is the 22nd in the "New York Times" bestselling series. The novel follows Anita Blake and her various lovers as she travels to Colorado and works to uncover a series of murders and infections involving flesh-eating zombies. Cover art was released to media outlets in October 2012. "Affliction" was published in July 2013 in hardcover and e-book editions. An unabridged audiobook followed later that year. "Affliction’s" publication coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the Anita Blake character. In 2013 it reached #5 on the "New