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GB 0809 Ross - Ross, Col Sir Ronald (1857-1932)
128 - Press cuttings and letters relating to the death of Sir Patrick Manson on 9 April 1922, including Ross' criticism of the information in some of the obituaries relating to Manson's role in the discovery of the mosquito transmission of malaria
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GB 0809 Ross/128/28
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Item
Title
Copy of a letter from Ross to Samuel Squire Sprigge, Editor of the Lancet
Date
24/4/1922
Description
Gives his account of the amount of credit due to Manson for the discovery that the mosquito carried malaria and the experiment in the Roman campagna was of little value and that Manson could have been more helpful in popularising Ross' ideas of mosquito control when he was at the Colonial Office. Encloses a copy of a report of a speech by Lord Lister in the Times 19/9/1901 (Ross/53/46)
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Language
English
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