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Ref NoGB 0809 Ross/107
LevelSeries
Extent6 subseries
TitleMaterial relating to Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine and the Mulkowal incident
Date1900-1923
AccessStatusOpen
AdminHistoryWMW Haffkine worked in India on vaccines against cholera and plague. In 1902, an accidential contamination of some tubes led to a number of people dying of tetanus and Haffkine was blamed. It was proved that the accident was not his fault but he was nearly ruined. A number of individuals, including Ross and WJ Simpson, fought for him in the press and got the Indian Government's decision reversed in 1907.
LanguageEnglish
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