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- catalog abstract "The correspondence between Sir Ronald Ross (1857-1932) and Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922) is rich in both scientific and human terms. It records, in great detail, Ross's research in India between 1895 and 1899, which elucidated the role of mosquitoes in the transmission of malaria, work for which Ross was awarded the 1902 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. Ross described the mosquito-transmission theory as Manson's 'Grand Induction', and he had returned to India, where he was an officer in the Indian Medical Service, having been primed by Manson. Ross's regular letters to his mentor document the frustrations and false trails as well as the excitement of discovery. Manson in turn acted as a kind of agent in London, publicising his findings, offering advice and seeking to use his influence to secure for Ross the working conditions he so desired. These 173 letters, plus 85 from the two decades after Ross's return to Britain also record the rise and full of a relationship, a.".
- catalog contributor b11026468.
- catalog contributor b11026469.
- catalog contributor b11026470.
- catalog contributor b11026471.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "The correspondence between Sir Ronald Ross (1857-1932) and Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922) is rich in both scientific and human terms. It records, in great detail, Ross's research in India between 1895 and 1899, which elucidated the role of mosquitoes in the transmission of malaria, work for which Ross was awarded the 1902 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. Ross described the mosquito-transmission theory as Manson's 'Grand Induction', and he had returned to India, where he was an officer in the Indian Medical Service, having been primed by Manson. Ross's regular letters to his mentor document the frustrations and false trails as well as the excitement of discovery. Manson in turn acted as a kind of agent in London, publicising his findings, offering advice and seeking to use his influence to secure for Ross the working conditions he so desired. These 173 letters, plus 85 from the two decades after Ross's return to Britain also record the rise and full of a relationship, a.".
- catalog extent "xxxv, 528 p. :".
- catalog identifier "9042007214".
- catalog isPartOf "Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 51".
- catalog isPartOf "Clio medica ; 51".
- catalog isPartOf "The Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA : Rodopi,".
- catalog subject "History, 19th Century collected correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Malaria history collected correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Malaria parasitology Collected Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Manson, Patrick, Sir, 1844-1922.".
- catalog subject "RC160 .B3 1998".
- catalog subject "Ross, Ronald, Sir, 1857-1932.".
- catalog subject "W1 CL933 v.51 1998".
- catalog subject "WC 750 B368 1998".
- catalog title "The beast in the mosquito : the correspondence of Ronald Ross and Patrick Manson / ed. by W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy.".
- catalog type "text".