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GB 0809 Ross - Ross, Col Sir Ronald (1857-1932)
- 152 - Material on the question of malaria priority and the dispute between Ross and Giovanni Battista Grassi

Ref No	GB 0809 Ross/152/14
Level	SubSeries
Extent	33 items
Title	Material on the Grassi and Ross dispute including a proposal to make Grassi an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine, Grassi's threat to sue John Murray and Ross for libel
Date	1921-1925
Description	The following is written by Ross on the original envelope that the sub-series was held in: 1. Malaria literature 1897-1898 reporting the discovery that malaria is caused by mosquitoes. 2. Proposal to make Grassi a Hon. Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine, rejected on my motion. 3. Grassi threatens to sue Mr Murray and myself for libel. I offer to cancel everything I said of him if he will do the same regarding me! Of course he did not dare to take any legal action and he refused my suggestion. 4. Grassi died on 5 May 1925
AccessStatus	Open
Language	English

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