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1. IOR/P/5185 Mar 1897 nos 141-45

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IOR/P/5185 Mar 1897 nos 141-45
Title:
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
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1896-Mar 1897
Extent:
5 pages

2. IOR/P/5644 Mar 1899 nos 141-46

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IOR/P/5644 Mar 1899 nos 141-46
Title:
Proposed collection in India of mosquitoes and other flies that bite men and animals
Scope & Content:
pp 451-65. Correspondence, plus copy of a British Museum pamphlet How to Collect Mosquitoes (Culicidae).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1898-Mar 1899
Extent:
11 pages

3. IOR/P/5644 May 1899 nos 156-59

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IOR/P/5644 May 1899 nos 156-59
Title:
Communicability of malaria by mosquito bites
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1899-May 1899
Extent:
13 pages

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