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GB 0809 Ross - Ross, Col Sir Ronald (1857-1932)
138 - Material on the publishing of the book The Prevention of Malaria (1910) by Ross
01 - Scientific correspondence and notes regarding the book Prevention of Malaria
Ref No
GB 0809 Ross/138/01/35
Level
Item
Title
Letter from Louis Westernra Sambon to Ross
Date
12/11/1909
Description
He is working on the chapter about Italian malaria for Ross' Prevention of Malaria and Ross has annotated this letter 'This article was never forthcoming'. Quotes an Italian writer who suggests that the mosquito carries malaria and disagrees strongly with WHS Jones' theory that malaria contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire, maintaining that it was endemic from earliest times. Asks Ross to lend him WHS Jones' book and some volumes of an Italian periodical
AccessStatus
Open
Language
English
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