Proposal to place Surgeon Major Ronald Ross on special duty to investigate the truth of Dr Patrick Manson's theory of the transmission of the infection of malaria by means of the mosquito
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pp 259-63. Communication from the Government of Madras, forwarding copy letter from Ross requesting to be placed on special duty, plus orders thereon from the Government of India.
Transmission of reports by Major R Ross to Deputy Surgeon General Charles
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p 725. Ross informs the Government of India that he has already supplied Dr Charles with reports and information to pass on to Italian malaria researchers.
pp 807-21. Letter from Ronald Ross regarding his research into malaria, his conclusion that it is "communicated by the bites of some species of mosquito", and the need "to find precisely a) What species of Indian mosquitoes do and do not carry human malaria; b) What are the habits of the dangero...