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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
Ref No
GB 0809 Ross/128/33
Level
Item
Title
Letter from Walter Gawan King to Ross
Date
28/4/1922
Description
The first edition of Manson's Tropical Diseases shows how his theory that mosquitoes carried malaria differed from the truth. He wrote to the Daily Mail correcting their obituary of Manson but his letter was not published
AccessStatus
Open
Language
English
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