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Expand 01 - Medals awarded to Sir Ronald Ross01 - Medals awarded to Sir Ronald Ross
Expand 02 - Photographs 02 - Photographs
Expand 03 - Letters, orders and records of service relating to Ross' career in the Indian Medical Service03 - Letters, orders and records of service relating to Ross' career in the Indian Medical Service
Expand 04 - Correspondence, applications and orders relating to Ross' research during his posts in India, from May 1895 to September 1897, and about an official inquiry into malaria 04 - Correspondence, applications and orders relating to Ross' research during his posts in India, from May 1895 to September 1897, and about an official inquiry into malaria
Expand 05 - Official applications for appointments, especially for malaria research made in 1897-1898, and orders and letters. 05 - Official applications for appointments, especially for malaria research made in 1897-1898, and orders and letters.
Expand 06 - Material on Ross' posting in Kherwara to relieve DC Johnstone06 - Material on Ross' posting in Kherwara to relieve DC Johnstone
Expand 07 - Letters relating to invitations to provide papers for the Indian Medical Congress and the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography (8th) Budapest07 - Letters relating to invitations to provide papers for the Indian Medical Congress and the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography (8th) Budapest
08 - Book of poetry: Edgar or the new Pygmalion and the Judgement of Tithonus by Ross
09 - Periodical: Scientific memoirs by medical officers of the army of India, edited by Sir Benjamin Simpson, Part III.
10 - Notebook kept during the Chin Lushai Expedition of 1889-1890 in Burma
Expand 11 - Articles by Ross on fever, malaria and the chest measurement of recruits11 - Articles by Ross on fever, malaria and the chest measurement of recruits
Expand 12 - Letters from Patrick Manson to Ross on Ross' research into the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes12 - Letters from Patrick Manson to Ross on Ross' research into the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes
Expand 13 - Letters from Ross to Patrick Manson on Ross' research into the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes13 - Letters from Ross to Patrick Manson on Ross' research into the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes
Expand 14 - Letters from Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran to Ross on Ross' research into the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes 14 - Letters from Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran to Ross on Ross' research into the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes
Expand 15 - Copies of letters from Ross to Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran on Ross' research into the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes15 - Copies of letters from Ross to Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran on Ross' research into the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes
Expand 16 - Letters from George Henry Falkiner Nuttall to Ross on Nuttall's research into the part played by insects in the spread of disease16 - Letters from George Henry Falkiner Nuttall to Ross on Nuttall's research into the part played by insects in the spread of disease
Expand 17 - Copies of letters from Ross to George Henry Falkiner Nuttall on Ross' research into kala-azar, and one letter from Nuttall to Ross17 - Copies of letters from Ross to George Henry Falkiner Nuttall on Ross' research into kala-azar, and one letter from Nuttall to Ross
Expand 18 - Photographs and letters relating to Ross writing his memoirs18 - Photographs and letters relating to Ross writing his memoirs
19 - Publication: The mode of infection in malaria: three more Ross-Manson letters, 1898 by Sir Ronald Ross
Expand 20 - Letters from Ross to Manson including information on the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's expedition to Sierra Leone20 - Letters from Ross to Manson including information on the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's expedition to Sierra Leone
Expand 21 - Material relating to Ross' service in India21 - Material relating to Ross' service in India
Expand 22 - Letter and article by Andrew Buchanan on mosquitoes and malaria sent to Patrick Manson22 - Letter and article by Andrew Buchanan on mosquitoes and malaria sent to Patrick Manson
Expand 23 - Correspondence on malaria and mosquitoes23 - Correspondence on malaria and mosquitoes
Expand 24 - Letters from Patrick Manson to Ross on the Ross-Manson correspondence24 - Letters from Patrick Manson to Ross on the Ross-Manson correspondence
Expand 25 - Material relating to the Ross-Manson correspondence including letters to a solicitors firm on the ownership of the correspondence, and letters with the London School of Tropical Medicine25 - Material relating to the Ross-Manson correspondence including letters to a solicitors firm on the ownership of the correspondence, and letters with the London School of Tropical Medicine
26 - Letter from Percy Alexander Macmahon, General Secretary, British Association to Ross on a paper: Verb-functions
Expand 27 - Copies of the Ross-Manson correspondence, extracts from Lord Lister's correspondence and a pamphlet: Two Ross-Manson letters27 - Copies of the Ross-Manson correspondence, extracts from Lord Lister's correspondence and a pamphlet: Two Ross-Manson letters
Expand 28 - Diary and notes of researches on malaria (with letters interleaved) India, Book 128 - Diary and notes of researches on malaria (with letters interleaved) India, Book 1
Expand 29 - Diary and notes of researchers on malaria and kala-azar India, Book 2 including interleaved correspondence, telegrams, patient notes, receipts and reports.29 - Diary and notes of researchers on malaria and kala-azar India, Book 2 including interleaved correspondence, telegrams, patient notes, receipts and reports.
Expand 30 - Reports and publications on sanitation by Ross30 - Reports and publications on sanitation by Ross
Expand 31 - Letters from patients in Bangalore to Ross31 - Letters from patients in Bangalore to Ross
Expand 32 - Newspaper cuttings on sanitation in India32 - Newspaper cuttings on sanitation in India
33 - Pamphlet: A catechism of vaccination for the use of vaccinators and others by Francis Joseph, revised by Ronald Ross
Expand 34 - Reports on the outbreak of cholera in the civil and military station of Bangalore34 - Reports on the outbreak of cholera in the civil and military station of Bangalore
Expand 35 - Correspondence and notes relating to Ross' work in India35 - Correspondence and notes relating to Ross' work in India
Expand 36 - Correspondence and manuscript reports on the cholera outbreak at Bangalore36 - Correspondence and manuscript reports on the cholera outbreak at Bangalore
Expand 37 - Letters and reports by S Amritaraj relating to sanitation and health in Bangalore37 - Letters and reports by S Amritaraj relating to sanitation and health in Bangalore
38 - Letter from SB Dhavle, Under Secretary to the Government of Bihar and Orissa to Ross in his role as Editor of the Annals of Tropical Sanitation, University of Liverpool and list showing names of officers and local bodies willing to subscribe to the Annals
Expand 39 - Published and unpublished papers by Ross on medical subjects written in India 1890 to 189939 - Published and unpublished papers by Ross on medical subjects written in India 1890 to 1899
Expand 40 - Photographs illustrating leucocytes, blood-plates etc under the microscope, done in Secunderabad in 1893 and used in Ross' Parkes Memorial Prize Essay in 189440 - Photographs illustrating leucocytes, blood-plates etc under the microscope, done in Secunderabad in 1893 and used in Ross' Parkes Memorial Prize Essay in 1894
Expand 41 - Reports on the infection of birds with proteosoma by the bite of mosquitoes by Ross41 - Reports on the infection of birds with proteosoma by the bite of mosquitoes by Ross
Expand 42 - Reports on the cultivation of proteosoma, Labbe, in grey mosquitoes by Ross42 - Reports on the cultivation of proteosoma, Labbe, in grey mosquitoes by Ross
Expand 43 - Cuttings and articles from medical journals by various authors and draft manuscripts on malaria, the Indian Medical Service and Indian Sanitation by Ross43 - Cuttings and articles from medical journals by various authors and draft manuscripts on malaria, the Indian Medical Service and Indian Sanitation by Ross
Expand 44 - Material relating to Edwin Lawrie and malaria44 - Material relating to Edwin Lawrie and malaria
Expand 45 - Manuscripts by Ross and correspondence45 - Manuscripts by Ross and correspondence
Expand 46 - Publications by Ross and Sir Patrick Manson 46 - Publications by Ross and Sir Patrick Manson
Expand 47 - Articles and letters in publications, mostly by Ross and Sir Patrick Manson47 - Articles and letters in publications, mostly by Ross and Sir Patrick Manson
Expand 48 - Letters to Ross on malaria 48 - Letters to Ross on malaria
Expand 49 - Journals and publications containing articles mostly on malaria by Ross and Sir Patrick Manson49 - Journals and publications containing articles mostly on malaria by Ross and Sir Patrick Manson
Expand 50 - Correspondence on a visit by Sir Patrick Manson to Henry George Plimmer and J Bancroft's work50 - Correspondence on a visit by Sir Patrick Manson to Henry George Plimmer and J Bancroft's work
Expand 51 - Italian publications on malaria by authors including Dr Amico Bignami, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Giuseppe Bastianelli, and Antonio Dionisi.51 - Italian publications on malaria by authors including Dr Amico Bignami, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Giuseppe Bastianelli, and Antonio Dionisi.
Expand 52 - Correspondence between Dr Thomas Edmondston Charles and Ross and material relating to the Italians research into malaria 52 - Correspondence between Dr Thomas Edmondston Charles and Ross and material relating to the Italians research into malaria
Expand 53 - Material on the Italian piracy of Ross' work including letters from Robert Koch, Patrick Manson, Louis Westenra Sambon, E Almquist, Charles Wilberforce Daniels, and Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, articles and manuscripts53 - Material on the Italian piracy of Ross' work including letters from Robert Koch, Patrick Manson, Louis Westenra Sambon, E Almquist, Charles Wilberforce Daniels, and Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, articles and manuscripts
Expand 54 - Publications on malaria by Italians authors including Dr Amico Bignami, Giovanni Battista Grassi and Giuseppe Bastianelli54 - Publications on malaria by Italians authors including Dr Amico Bignami, Giovanni Battista Grassi and Giuseppe Bastianelli
Expand 55 - Draft letters by Ross on GB Grassi and Giovanni Noe's work on filariasis55 - Draft letters by Ross on GB Grassi and Giovanni Noe's work on filariasis
Expand 56 - Material on Ross' dispute with Giovanni Battista Grassi including correspondence, draft manuscripts and articles published in the Italian periodical Il Policlinico56 - Material on Ross' dispute with Giovanni Battista Grassi including correspondence, draft manuscripts and articles published in the Italian periodical Il Policlinico
Expand 57 - Material on Ross' dispute with Giovanni Battista Grassi including correspondence with James Cantlie, Editor of the Journal of Tropical Medicine and the Editor of the British Medical Journal, manuscripts, unpublished articles and publications57 - Material on Ross' dispute with Giovanni Battista Grassi including correspondence with James Cantlie, Editor of the Journal of Tropical Medicine and the Editor of the British Medical Journal, manuscripts, unpublished articles and publications
Expand 58 - Correspondence relating to the matter of the removal of Ross' portrait at the Wellcome Medical Historical Museum 58 - Correspondence relating to the matter of the removal of Ross' portrait at the Wellcome Medical Historical Museum
Expand 59 - Press cuttings on Ross' inaugural lecture for the opening of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a report of a fund raising dinner for the London School of Tropical Medicine59 - Press cuttings on Ross' inaugural lecture for the opening of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a report of a fund raising dinner for the London School of Tropical Medicine
Expand 60 - Material relating to Ross' post at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine60 - Material relating to Ross' post at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Expand 61 - Correspondence relating to Ross's appointment to and resignation from the Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine61 - Correspondence relating to Ross's appointment to and resignation from the Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine
Expand 62 - Correspondence and material about Ross' re-appointment to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine62 - Correspondence and material about Ross' re-appointment to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
63 - Life-history of the parasites of malaria by Ross in Nature, No.15553, vol 60.
Expand 64 - Letters, agreements with publishers and accounts for the book Mosquito Brigades by Ross64 - Letters, agreements with publishers and accounts for the book Mosquito Brigades by Ross
65 - Sur les travaux de la mission organisee par l'Ecole de medecine tropicale de Liverpool, pour l'etude de paludisme a Sierra Leone et sur une instruction put la prevention du paludisme by Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
Expand 66 - Notebook of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's expedition to Sierra Leone to investigate malaria interleaved with correspondence with the School, Matthew Nathan - the Acting Governor of Sierra Leone, Mary Kingsley and William Henry Williams Strachan - Principal Medical Officer Lagos and a map of Freetown 66 - Notebook of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's expedition to Sierra Leone to investigate malaria interleaved with correspondence with the School, Matthew Nathan - the Acting Governor of Sierra Leone, Mary Kingsley and William Henry Williams Strachan - Principal Medical Officer Lagos and a map of Freetown
Expand 67 - Reports, manuscripts and press cuttings on the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's expedition to Sierra Leone to investigate malaria 67 - Reports, manuscripts and press cuttings on the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's expedition to Sierra Leone to investigate malaria
Expand 68 - Publications on malaria and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's expedition to Sierra Leone by various authors68 - Publications on malaria and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's expedition to Sierra Leone by various authors
Expand 69 - Correspondence between Ross and Lord Lister, and related material69 - Correspondence between Ross and Lord Lister, and related material
Expand 70 - Manuscripts, published articles and letters on malaria and mosquitoes70 - Manuscripts, published articles and letters on malaria and mosquitoes
Expand 71 - Correspondence between Ross and Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, Chairman, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Alfred William Winterslow Dale, Principal, University College, Liverpool on Ross' duties and responsibilities in the School and on the rights to Ross' publications71 - Correspondence between Ross and Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, Chairman, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Alfred William Winterslow Dale, Principal, University College, Liverpool on Ross' duties and responsibilities in the School and on the rights to Ross' publications
Expand 72 - Articles and press cuttings relating to malaria and mosquitoes, and related topics72 - Articles and press cuttings relating to malaria and mosquitoes, and related topics
Expand 73 - Material on the publication of 'Malarial Fever, its cause, prevention and treatment' by Ross73 - Material on the publication of 'Malarial Fever, its cause, prevention and treatment' by Ross
Expand 74 - Material on Sierra Leone mostly relating to a letter written by William Thomas Prout to the editor of the British Medical Journal on the extermination of mosquitoes in Sierra Leone and the controversy surrounding his claims including a meeting of the Malaria Committee of the Royal Society, correspondence with the Colonial Office and letters from Matthew Logan Taylor who was employed as a research worker in Sierra Leone by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine74 - Material on Sierra Leone mostly relating to a letter written by William Thomas Prout to the editor of the British Medical Journal on the extermination of mosquitoes in Sierra Leone and the controversy surrounding his claims including a meeting of the Malaria Committee of the Royal Society, correspondence with the Colonial Office and letters from Matthew Logan Taylor who was employed as a research worker in Sierra Leone by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Expand 75 - Material on the Gambia expedition of 1901 75 - Material on the Gambia expedition of 1901
Expand 76 - Gold Coast (now Ghana) Expedition 1901-1902 76 - Gold Coast (now Ghana) Expedition 1901-1902
Expand 77 - Material on the dispute over the discovery of the human trypanosome 77 - Material on the dispute over the discovery of the human trypanosome
Expand 78 - Material on Sir William MacGregor, Governor of Lagos, Nigeria78 - Material on Sir William MacGregor, Governor of Lagos, Nigeria
Expand 79 - Material on the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's expedition to Sierra Leone79 - Material on the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's expedition to Sierra Leone
Expand 80 - Material relating to James Coats Junior's gift of money to the Tropical Sanitation Fund, mainly to fund Ross' work on mosquito control in Sierra Leone80 - Material relating to James Coats Junior's gift of money to the Tropical Sanitation Fund, mainly to fund Ross' work on mosquito control in Sierra Leone
Expand 81 - Material on the administration of the Tropical Sanitation Fund81 - Material on the administration of the Tropical Sanitation Fund
Expand 82 - Material on malaria expedition to Sierra Leone 1901-190282 - Material on malaria expedition to Sierra Leone 1901-1902
Expand 83 - Reports, publications and course material on health issues such as malaria, sanitation and hygiene in Lagos, Nigeria 83 - Reports, publications and course material on health issues such as malaria, sanitation and hygiene in Lagos, Nigeria
Expand 84 - Research into arsenic in the hair of patients with beriberi84 - Research into arsenic in the hair of patients with beriberi
Expand 85 - Material on Ross' trip to Ismailia, Egypt in September 1902 to investigate malaria85 - Material on Ross' trip to Ismailia, Egypt in September 1902 to investigate malaria
Expand 86 - Award of the Nobel Prize for Medicine to Ross in 190286 - Award of the Nobel Prize for Medicine to Ross in 1902
Expand 87 - Letters of congratulation to Ross on being appointed a CB (Companion of the Bath)87 - Letters of congratulation to Ross on being appointed a CB (Companion of the Bath)
Expand 88 - Visit to St Louis and Panama September - October 190488 - Visit to St Louis and Panama September - October 1904
Expand 89 - Material on Ross' visit to Greece to advise on malaria eradication in June 190689 - Material on Ross' visit to Greece to advise on malaria eradication in June 1906
Expand 90 - Material on Ross' expedition to Mauritius to investigate and eradicate malaria in 1907-190890 - Material on Ross' expedition to Mauritius to investigate and eradicate malaria in 1907-1908
Expand 91 - Correspondence about a proposed Malaria Society91 - Correspondence about a proposed Malaria Society
Expand 92 - Material relating to Ross being an external examiner on the Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene at Cambridge University92 - Material relating to Ross being an external examiner on the Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene at Cambridge University
Expand 93 - Material on Ross' application for Chair of Protozoology at the University of London93 - Material on Ross' application for Chair of Protozoology at the University of London
94 - A British Nobel Prize - letter to the editor of the British Medical Journal, written by Ross but published anonymously 8 December 1906
Expand 95 - Correspondence regarding Ross' application for a Lectureship in Tropical Medicine at Edinburgh University95 - Correspondence regarding Ross' application for a Lectureship in Tropical Medicine at Edinburgh University
Expand 96 - Material on a visit by Ross to Brussels to treat Baron Dhannis96 - Material on a visit by Ross to Brussels to treat Baron Dhannis
Expand 97 - Material on a visit to Stockholm to attend the tenth anniversary celebration of the Nobel prize and to be appointed an Honorary Doctor of Medicine from the Karolinksa Institutet in December 191097 - Material on a visit to Stockholm to attend the tenth anniversary celebration of the Nobel prize and to be appointed an Honorary Doctor of Medicine from the Karolinksa Institutet in December 1910
Expand 98 - Expedition to Europe including visits to the New Centenillo Silver and Lead Mines in Spain and to the Lake Copais Company in Greece to advise on malaria eradication in 191398 - Expedition to Europe including visits to the New Centenillo Silver and Lead Mines in Spain and to the Lake Copais Company in Greece to advise on malaria eradication in 1913
Expand 99 - Material on the opening of Institut fur Schiffs und Tropenkrankheiten zu Hamburg (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany) and Ross' attendance at the opening ceremony99 - Material on the opening of Institut fur Schiffs und Tropenkrankheiten zu Hamburg (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany) and Ross' attendance at the opening ceremony
Expand 100 - Letters from Noel van Raalte to Ross asking advice on mosquito control on Brownsea Island, Dorset100 - Letters from Noel van Raalte to Ross asking advice on mosquito control on Brownsea Island, Dorset
Expand 101 - Material on Ross' visit to Cyprus to advise on malaria eradication in 1913101 - Material on Ross' visit to Cyprus to advise on malaria eradication in 1913
Expand 102 - Manuscripts and publications by Ross and others; related correspondence and press cuttings102 - Manuscripts and publications by Ross and others; related correspondence and press cuttings
Expand 103 - Material relating to India including the Conference on malaria at Nagpur 1902, Bombay Medical Congress 1909 and the anti-malaria campaign at Mian Mir103 - Material relating to India including the Conference on malaria at Nagpur 1902, Bombay Medical Congress 1909 and the anti-malaria campaign at Mian Mir
Expand 104 - Correspondence with and about EMG Parlato-Hopkins 104 - Correspondence with and about EMG Parlato-Hopkins
Expand 105 - Correspondence with friends after the publication of his Memoirs including George William Patrick Dennys, KN Appiah relating to his work with Ross on malaria research and Andrew Lang Browne105 - Correspondence with friends after the publication of his Memoirs including George William Patrick Dennys, KN Appiah relating to his work with Ross on malaria research and Andrew Lang Browne
Expand 106 - Material on malaria in Mian Mir, India106 - Material on malaria in Mian Mir, India
Expand 107 - Material relating to Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine and the Mulkowal incident107 - Material relating to Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine and the Mulkowal incident
Expand 108 - Material on lectures given by Ross108 - Material on lectures given by Ross
Expand 109 - Material relating to Ross' research work while at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine109 - Material relating to Ross' research work while at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Expand 110 - Material on cryotherapy research (use of a cold chamber) at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and King's College Hospital, London110 - Material on cryotherapy research (use of a cold chamber) at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and King's College Hospital, London
Expand 111 - Letters and press cuttings from Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence to Ross on his theory on Bacon writing Shakespeare111 - Letters and press cuttings from Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence to Ross on his theory on Bacon writing Shakespeare
Expand 112 - Material on research projects conducted in the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine112 - Material on research projects conducted in the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Expand 113 - Material relating to Ross' work at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine113 - Material relating to Ross' work at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Expand 114 - Material on Parliamentary Actions for malaria returns by Members of Parliament114 - Material on Parliamentary Actions for malaria returns by Members of Parliament
Expand 115 - Material on a proposal for a British prize for medical research115 - Material on a proposal for a British prize for medical research
Expand 116 - Report by Ross to the Board of Education on the financial position of the London School of Tropical Medicine116 - Report by Ross to the Board of Education on the financial position of the London School of Tropical Medicine
Expand 117 - Material on Ross' claim for reward for his scientific discovery, includes material on Edward Jenner's reward for the discovery of vaccination and correspondence with others who he encourages to petition the government for monetary reward117 - Material on Ross' claim for reward for his scientific discovery, includes material on Edward Jenner's reward for the discovery of vaccination and correspondence with others who he encourages to petition the government for monetary reward
Expand 118 - Material on the dismissal of Richard P Cowl from the University of Bristol and the proposed investigation into the administration of the University118 - Material on the dismissal of Richard P Cowl from the University of Bristol and the proposed investigation into the administration of the University
Expand 119 - Material on Ross' campaign to improve conditions and pay of those working on medical research, including a pension scheme for tropical medicine workers119 - Material on Ross' campaign to improve conditions and pay of those working on medical research, including a pension scheme for tropical medicine workers
Expand 120 - Correspondence, mostly between Ross and William Martin, on changes to the Patent Laws to encourage scientific research120 - Correspondence, mostly between Ross and William Martin, on changes to the Patent Laws to encourage scientific research
Expand 121 - Material on Ross' campaign to receive monetary reward for his discovery of the mosquito transmission of malaria121 - Material on Ross' campaign to receive monetary reward for his discovery of the mosquito transmission of malaria
Expand 122 - Material on a proposed monument to Ross and WC Gorgas at Panama to commemorate the medical men who made the canal possible122 - Material on a proposed monument to Ross and WC Gorgas at Panama to commemorate the medical men who made the canal possible
Expand 123 - Letter and photograph from JE Pincher on John Holt, African Ship Owner and Merchant123 - Letter and photograph from JE Pincher on John Holt, African Ship Owner and Merchant
124 - Letter from Ernesto Cacace to Ross
Expand 125 - Correspondence on Ross's application for the governorship of Western Australia125 - Correspondence on Ross's application for the governorship of Western Australia
Expand 126 - Correspondence on a proposed visit to Australia by Ross126 - Correspondence on a proposed visit to Australia by Ross
Expand 127 - Material on letters by Ross and others to the Times on various subjects including the death of William Crawford Gorgas, a proposed malaria bureau and Ross' election as a Foreign Associate of the Academie de Medecine, Paris127 - Material on letters by Ross and others to the Times on various subjects including the death of William Crawford Gorgas, a proposed malaria bureau and Ross' election as a Foreign Associate of the Academie de Medecine, Paris
Expand 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 malaria128 - 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
Expand 129 - Material including obituaries and correspondence relating to the death of Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran129 - Material including obituaries and correspondence relating to the death of Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
Expand 130 - Material on a visit to Paris for the commemorative celebration of the death of Edward Jenner at the Academie de Medecine, Institut Superior de Vaccine on 23 January 1923130 - Material on a visit to Paris for the commemorative celebration of the death of Edward Jenner at the Academie de Medecine, Institut Superior de Vaccine on 23 January 1923
Expand 131 - Lectures delivered by Ross to various institutions and organisations131 - Lectures delivered by Ross to various institutions and organisations
Expand 132 - Letters to the press and occasional publications and papers by Ross, mainly on scientific subjects but also on poetry, prohibition and women's suffrage132 - Letters to the press and occasional publications and papers by Ross, mainly on scientific subjects but also on poetry, prohibition and women's suffrage
Expand 133 - Material relating to Ross' war service including correspondence on his role with the Territorial Forces at the 1st Western General Hospital in Liverpool133 - Material relating to Ross' war service including correspondence on his role with the Territorial Forces at the 1st Western General Hospital in Liverpool
Expand 134 - Material on Ross' role as Consulting Physician in Tropical Diseases to the hospitals for Indian troops in England (Brighton, Bournemouth, Brockenhurst and Netley)134 - Material on Ross' role as Consulting Physician in Tropical Diseases to the hospitals for Indian troops in England (Brighton, Bournemouth, Brockenhurst and Netley)
Expand 135 - Material on Ross' work during the First World War including material on anti-malaria measures in Salonika, Ross' appointment as Consultant for Malaria in Southern England, his promotion to Colonel, demobilisation and an article on malaria for the Official Medical History of the War135 - Material on Ross' work during the First World War including material on anti-malaria measures in Salonika, Ross' appointment as Consultant for Malaria in Southern England, his promotion to Colonel, demobilisation and an article on malaria for the Official Medical History of the War
Expand 136 - Material on Ross' pay conditions during the war136 - Material on Ross' pay conditions during the war
Expand 137 - Material on Ross' service during the First World War in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force137 - Material on Ross' service during the First World War in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
Expand 138 - Material on the publishing of the book The Prevention of Malaria (1910) by Ross138 - Material on the publishing of the book The Prevention of Malaria (1910) by Ross
Expand 139 - Material on the publication of Memoirs by Ross139 - Material on the publication of Memoirs by Ross
Expand 140 - Material relating to Sir Malcolm Watson, Cyril Strickland and malaria control in the Federated Malay States140 - Material relating to Sir Malcolm Watson, Cyril Strickland and malaria control in the Federated Malay States
Collapse 141 - Letters and press cuttings on sleeping sickness141 - Letters and press cuttings on sleeping sickness
Expand 01 - Letters from Dr Castellani regarding his work on sleeping sickness, letters from David Nabarro on sleeping sickness and press cuttings01 - Letters from Dr Castellani regarding his work on sleeping sickness, letters from David Nabarro on sleeping sickness and press cuttings
Collapse 02 - Press cuttings and letters on sleeping sickness02 - Press cuttings and letters on sleeping sickness
01 - Letter from Charles Prestwood Lucas, Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office to Alan Hay Milne, Secretary, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
02 - Letter from Guy Elliston, General Secretary, British Medical Association to Ross
03 - Letter from the Editors of the Lancet to Ross
04 - Reports contained in the Southern Nigeria Government Gazettes on the subject of 1. The beneficial effect of arsenate of sodium employed hypodermically in an epidemic of tsetse fly disease at Nikissi farm by Edward Moore, 28/6/1904; 2. Report on the beneficial treatment of trypanosomiasis by carbolic acid by Charles Chichester, August 1904; 3. Trypanosomiasis in cattle by Chichester, 21/9/1904
05 - Letter from Harold Wolferstan Thomas, Director, Runcorn Research Laboratories to Ross
06 - Letter from Andrew Balfour, Director, Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum to Ross
07 - Letter from Andrew Balfour, Director, Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum to Ross
08 - Letter from Andrew Balfour, Director, Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum to Ross
09 - Letter from Alan Hay Milne, Secretary, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to Ross
10 - Copy of a letter from Baron Liebrechtes, General Secretary, Department de L'Interieur, Belgium to Alan Hay Milne, Secretary, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
11 - Letter from O Polledro to the Governor General, Congo Free State
12 - Copy of a letter from Ross to Alan Hay Milne, Secretary, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
13 - Letter from Harold Wolferstan Thomas to Ross
14 - Letter from John Rutherford, Veterinary Director General, Canada to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
15 - Press cutting: Societies and Academies, Royal Society 'A Preliminary Note on the Morphology and Distribution of the Organism found in the Tsetse Fly Disease' by HG Plimmer and J Rose in Nature
16 - Proof: Short resume of work done on Sleeping Sickness in Uganda by George Carmichael Low
17 - Press cutting: Preliminary account of the investigations of the Liverpool expedition to Senegambia (1902) with a note by HE Annett by J Everett Dutton and John L Todd in the British Medical Journal
18 - Press cutting: The disease of the day in Truth
19 - Press cutting: Remarks on a case of trypanosomiasis by Patrick Manson and Charles Wilberforce Daniels and On the possibility of the occurrence of trypanosomiasis in India by William Leishman in the British Medical Journal
20 - Press cutting: Letters from Aldo Castellani, John WW Stephens and Samuel H Havershon to the editor of the British Medical Journal on trypanosomiasis and sleeping sickness
21 - Press cutting: The transmission of sleeping sickness by flies of the genus Glossina, letter from Louis Westerna Sambon to the editor of the British Medical Journal
22 - Press cutting: The examination of the tissues of the case of sleeping sickness in a European by George C Low and Frederick W Mott in the British Medical Journal
23 - Press cutting: A comparison of the animal reactions of the trypanosomes of Uganda and Congo Free State sleeping sickness with those of trypanosoma gambiense (Dutton). A preliminary report by Harold W Thomas and Stanley F Linton in the Lancet
24 - Press cutting: Note on the lymphatic glands in sleeping sickness by Edward Greig and Arthur CH Gray in the Lancet
25 - Press cutting: The sleeping sickness in the Times of India
26 - Press cutting: Discussion on trypanosomiasis with contributions from David Bruce, John E Dutton, John L Todd, Christy Cuthbert, Patrick Manson, David Nabarro and Louis W Sambon in the British Medical Journal
27 - Press cutting: Remarks on trypanosome diseases by Robert Koch in the British Medical Journal
28 - Press cutting: Trypanosomiasis in the Anglo-Egyptian Soudan (Preliminary Note) by Andrew Balfour in the British Medical Journal
29 - Press cutting: Trypanosomiasis in the British Medical Journal
30 - Press cutting: A lecture on the cerebro-spinal fluid in relation to disease of the nervous system by Frederick W Mott in the British Medical Journal
31 - Press cutting: Chrysoidin in trypanosomiasis, letter from Andrew Balfour in the British Medical Journal
32 - Press cutting: Government Hospital, Lagos. A case of trypanosomiasis in the British Medical Journal
33 - Press cutting: Sleeping sickness, German Congress of Internal Medicine in the Lancet
34 - Press cutting: The tsetse fly. Important discovery in the Standard
35 - Press cutting: The tsetse fly, letter from Ernest E Austen to the Editor of the Standard
36 - Press cutting: Some experiments in the treatment of trypanosomiasis by Harold Wolferstan Thomas in the British Medical Journal
37 - Press cutting: Sleeping sickness in British Medical Journal
38 - Press cutting: British Association. Sleeping Sickness in the British Medical Association
39 - Pamphlet: Report by Professor EA Minchin upon the work done by him during his recent visit to Entebbe, Uganda, as Special Commissioner of the Tropical Diseases Commission of the Royal Society
40 - Press cutting: Paragraph stating that the Egyptian government has offered £1000 a year for three years to the inquiry into sleeping sickness under the direction of the Royal Society in the Scotsman
41 - Press cutting: Sleeping sickness cure in the Daily Dispatch
42 - Press cutting: Plucky scientist. Professor's search for the germ of sleeping sickness in the Daily Mail
43 - Press cutting: Spread of sleeping sickness in Africa. Ravages of the disease. Address by Dr Todd. Appeal to the Colonial Secretary in the Liverpool Daily Post
44 - Press cutting: A British Officer attacked by Sleeping Sickness in the British Medical Journal
45 - Press cutting: Sleeping sickness in the British Medical Journal
46 - Press cutting: The treatment of human trypanosomiasis by atoxyl by John L Todd in the British Medical Journal
47 - Press cutting: The curse of big game, letter from RS Hynde to the Editor of the Spectator
48 - Press cutting: The sleeping sickness in the Times
49 - Press cutting: Reviews and notices of books (report on trypanosomiasis) in the Lancet
50 - Press cutting: Societies and Academies. London Royal Society, March 8 'The Microscopic Changes in the Nervous System in a Case of Chronic Dourine or Malde Coit and Comparison of the same with those found in Sleeping Sickness' by Dr FW Mott in Nature
51 - Press cutting and pamphlet: A means of checking the spread of sleeping sickness by John L Todd in the Lancet
52 - Press cutting: Trypanosomiasis in Sierra Leone, letter from Frederick Smith to the Editor of the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
53 - Press cutting: Trypanosomiasis in Annam in the British Medical Journal
54 - Press cutting: The Microscopic Changes in the Nervous System in a Case of Chronic Dourine or Malde Coit and Comparison of the same with those found in Sleeping Sickness' by Dr FW Mott in the British Medical Journal
55 - Press cutting: The cure of sleeping sickness in the British Medical Journal
56 - Press cutting: Changes in the nervous system produced in chronic trypanosome infections by FW Mott, Treatment of trypanosomiasis by the colours of benezidine by M Nicolle and F Mesnil and Notes upon experiments with vaccine lymph by John R Ballah in the British Medical Journal
57 - Press cutting: Atoxyl in the treatment of trypanosomiasis by Anton Breinl and John L Todd in the British Medical Journal
58 - Press cutting: Professor Koch on sleeping sickness in the British Medical Journal
59 - Press cutting: A review of the present means of combating sleeping sickness by John L Todd and Paratyphoid fever in the tropics: cases of mixed infection by Aldo Castellani in the Lancet
60 - Press cutting: Sleeping sickness in French East Africa in the British Medical Journal
61 - Press cutting: Trypanosomiasis in the Manchester Guardian
62 - Press cutting: Sleeping Sickness Commission in the British Medical Journal
63 - Printed letter from George Haddon-Smith, Acting Governor, Sierra Leone to Secretary of State, Colonial Office
64 - Press cutting: Note on the life cycle of the parasite of sleeping sickness by JE Salvin-Morre and Anton Breinl in the Lancet
65 - Press cutting: The treatment of trypanosomiasis in the British Medical Journal
66 - Press cutting: Trypanosomiasis of sleeping sickness by Herbert WG Macleod in the Journal of the Society of Arts
67 - Press cutting: The treatment of trypanosomiasis by A Nierenstein in the Lancet
68 - Press cutting: The Harben Lectures on experimental researches on specific therapeutics by Paul Ehrlich in the Lancet
69 - Press cutting: The sleeping sickness conference in the British Medical Journal
70 - Press cutting: Sleeping sickness and surra in the Bombay Gazette
71 - Press cutting: The cerebro-spinal fluid in human trypanosomiasis in the British Medical Journal
72 - Press cutting: A note on a recent epidemic of trypanosomiasis at Mauritius by Alexander Edington in the Lancet
73 - Press cutting: Sleeping sickness in Uganda in the Times
74 - Press cutting: Sleeping sickness. Important government action, letter from Henry HJ Bell to the Editor of the Times
75 - Press cutting: Treatment of experimental infection with trypanosoma gambiense in the British Medical Journal
76 - Press cutting: The prevention of sleeping sickness by John L Todd in the British Medical Journal
77 - Press cutting: Man's insect enemies in the Graphic
78 - Press cutting: The insufficiency of the posterior nucleus as a specific distinction in trypanosoma rhodesiense by CM Wenyon in the Journal of Tropical Medicine
79 - Press cutting: Trypanosomiasis an the morbus dormitiva by Alexander M Adams in the British Medical Journal
80 - Press cutting: Reviews. The pathology of sleeping sickness in the British Medical Journal
81 - Press cutting: Pathogenic trypanosomes in the British Medical Journal
82 - Press cutting: (98) Trypanosomiasis in the British Medical Journal
83 - Press cutting: The Liverpool expedition to the Congo in the British Medical Journal
84 - Press cutting: (53) Sleeping sickness and trypanosoma in the British Medical Journal
85 - Press cutting: Trypanosomiasis in dromedaries in the British Medical Journal
86 - Press cutting: (261) Trypanosomiasis in the British Medical Journal
87 - Press cutting: Human trypanosomiasis in the British Medical Journal
88 - Press cutting: Sleeping sickness in British Medical Journal
89 - Press cutting: Pathology. (145) Trypanosomes found in the blood of frogs
90 - Press cutting: Trypanosomiasis in Annam in the British Medical Journal
91 - Press cutting: The treatment of sleeping sickness by atoxyl in the British Medical Journal
92 - Press cutting: Acute tuberculosis fever in India in the British Medical Journal
93 - Press cutting: Trypanosomiasis in the British Medical Journal
94 - Press cutting: Trypanosome diseases in the British Medical Journal
95 - Press cutting: Chauvinism in Medicine in the Medical Press
96 - Press cutting: Glossina moristans and sleeping sickness in the British Medical Journal
97 - Press cutting: Treatment of sleeping sickness in the British Medical Journal
98 - Press cutting: The development of trypanosomes in tsetse flies in the British Medical Journal
99 - Press cutting: The development of trypanosomes in tsetse flies in the British Medical Journal
100 - Press cutting: Tsetse fly and game, letter from H Hearsey in the British Medical Journal
101 - Press cutting: Properties of serum in trypanosomiasis in the British Medical Journal
102 - Press cutting: Sleeping sickness in the British Medical Journal
103 - Press cutting: Pathology. Infection with trypanosoma brucei in the British Medical Journal
Expand 142 - Letters and press cuttings regarding the discovery and research of Leishmania Donovani142 - Letters and press cuttings regarding the discovery and research of Leishmania Donovani
Expand 143 - Sir Patrick Manson's Malaria chart 143 - Sir Patrick Manson's Malaria chart
Expand 144 - Correspondence between Ross and various individuals on malaria and related subjects144 - Correspondence between Ross and various individuals on malaria and related subjects
Expand 145 - Letters and correspondence with various individuals including George Henry Falkiner Nuttall, Sir William MacGregor, Sir Patrick Manson, Walter Gawan King and Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran145 - Letters and correspondence with various individuals including George Henry Falkiner Nuttall, Sir William MacGregor, Sir Patrick Manson, Walter Gawan King and Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
Expand 146 - Letters and press cuttings relating to Ross and on a variety of subjects, arranged by year146 - Letters and press cuttings relating to Ross and on a variety of subjects, arranged by year
Expand 147 - Material relating to the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund, the Colonial Office, malaria returns and correspondence147 - Material relating to the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund, the Colonial Office, malaria returns and correspondence
Expand 148 - Correspondence between Ross and the Editors of periodicals on Ross' contributions148 - Correspondence between Ross and the Editors of periodicals on Ross' contributions
Expand 149 - Material relating to malaria treatment in hospitals in London, Oxford, Aldershot and Guildford149 - Material relating to malaria treatment in hospitals in London, Oxford, Aldershot and Guildford
Expand 150 - Lectures, addresses and some letters to the press from 1921 to 1925 150 - Lectures, addresses and some letters to the press from 1921 to 1925
Expand 151 - Material relating to Ross' publications including Prevention of Malaria151 - Material relating to Ross' publications including Prevention of Malaria
Expand 152 - Material on the question of malaria priority and the dispute between Ross and Giovanni Battista Grassi152 - Material on the question of malaria priority and the dispute between Ross and Giovanni Battista Grassi
Expand 153 - Material on a trip to Russia by Ross as part of a British delegation in 1912153 - Material on a trip to Russia by Ross as part of a British delegation in 1912
Expand 154 - Publications by Ross 154 - Publications by Ross
Expand 155 - Publications on Ross and related subjects155 - Publications on Ross and related subjects
Expand 156 - Material including correspondence, list of achievements, notes and sketches for Ross' autobiography Memoirs156 - Material including correspondence, list of achievements, notes and sketches for Ross' autobiography Memoirs
Expand 157 - Diaries157 - Diaries
158 - A book of pencil and watercolour sketches of the Isle of Wight, with a few of Ireland and some figures copied from Retsch's outlines of Faust
Expand 159 - Material on Ross' inventions including ear plugs and a clinical automatic thermometer159 - Material on Ross' inventions including ear plugs and a clinical automatic thermometer
Expand 160 - Set of notebooks and diaries160 - Set of notebooks and diaries
Expand 161 - Material on the establishment of the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases161 - Material on the establishment of the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases
Expand 162 - Honours and awards presented to Ross162 - Honours and awards presented to Ross
Expand 163 - Material on Ross' work on statistics and mathematics including correspondence, publications and mathematical workings163 - Material on Ross' work on statistics and mathematics including correspondence, publications and mathematical workings
Expand 164 - Publications by Ross164 - Publications by Ross
166 - Photocopy of a letter from Ross to George Miller Sternburg, Chief of the Medical Staff, United States Army
Expand 167 - Letters on malaria eradication by Ross, written in Mauritius during his visit there in 1908167 - Letters on malaria eradication by Ross, written in Mauritius during his visit there in 1908
Expand 168 - Letters and correspondence on a number of subjects168 - Letters and correspondence on a number of subjects
Expand 169 - Correspondence relating to the disposition of the Ross papers at the Ross Institute169 - Correspondence relating to the disposition of the Ross papers at the Ross Institute
Expand 170 - Letters to Ross and correspondence on a variety of subjects170 - Letters to Ross and correspondence on a variety of subjects
Expand 171 - Copy of a catalogue of the Ross Archives as compiled by Ross, list of objects and letter to the Times171 - Copy of a catalogue of the Ross Archives as compiled by Ross, list of objects and letter to the Times
Expand 172 - Copies of correspondence between Ross and Sir Patrick Manson172 - Copies of correspondence between Ross and Sir Patrick Manson
Expand 173 - Material relating to malaria and World War One173 - Material relating to malaria and World War One
Expand 174 - Scientific Artefacts174 - Scientific Artefacts
175 - Press cuttings following the death of Sir Ronald Ross 16th September, 1932, aged 75.
Expand 176 - Publications by Ross176 - Publications by Ross
Expand 177 - Miscellaneous papers177 - Miscellaneous papers
Expand 178 - Material including correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, publications and related papers, on a variety of topics178 - Material including correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, publications and related papers, on a variety of topics
Expand 179 - Journal articles and other papers written by Ross, includes material on malaria, sleeping sickness and mathematics.179 - Journal articles and other papers written by Ross, includes material on malaria, sleeping sickness and mathematics.
Expand 180 - Scientific Publications by Ross180 - Scientific Publications by Ross
Expand 181 - Lists of Sir Ronald Ross' publications, medals and honours.181 - Lists of Sir Ronald Ross' publications, medals and honours.
182 - Sir Ronald Ross' Archive
Expand 183 - Pamphlets celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Sir Ronald Ross' discovery183 - Pamphlets celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Sir Ronald Ross' discovery
Expand 184 - Facsimiles of Sir Ronald Ross Archive184 - Facsimiles of Sir Ronald Ross Archive
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Watercolour of the Isle of Wight by Sir Ronald Ross
Watercolour of the Isle of Wight by Sir Ronald Ross
Diary page 107: the discovery of mosquito transmission of malaria
Diary page 107: the discovery of mosquito transmission of malaria
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