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GB 0809 Ross - Ross, Col Sir Ronald (1857-1932)
135 - Material on Ross' work during the First World War including material on anti-malaria measures in Salonika, Ross' appointment as Consultant for Malaria in Southern England, his promotion to Colonel, demobilisation and an article on malaria for the Official Medical History of the War
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GB 0809 Ross/135/27
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Item
Title
Copy of a letter from Walter Morley Fletcher entitled Malaria cases in the United Kingdom to Sir Alfred Keogh, Director General, Army Medical Service
Date
22/1/1917
Description
Recommends the concentration of malaria cases at Liverpool under JWW Stephens and in London under Ross, for research into eradicating malaria parasites from patients with the disease. Supports Ross' request for D Thomson as his assistant, and suggests that, if such research does not take place, British anophelines might become infected and start an epidemic
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Open
Language
English
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