Details

Subject(s)

• Ross, Ronald Sir 1857-1932 [Browse]
• Manson, Patrick Sir 1844-1922 [Browse]

Related name

• Bynum, W. F. (William F.), 1943- [Browse]
• Overy, Caroline (Medical researcher) [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Letters [Browse]

Series

• Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine [More in this series]
• Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [More in this series]
• Clio medica, 0045-7183 ; 51

Summary note

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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-520) and indexes.

Contents

• Letter 1 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 2 02/064 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 3 02/065 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 4 02/066 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 5 02/067 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 6 02/068 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 7 02/003 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 8 02/069 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 9 02/302 {postcard} / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 10 02/070 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 11 02/004 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 12 02/071 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 13 02/005 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 14 02/072 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 15 02/073 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 16 02/006 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 17 02/074 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 18 02/075 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 19 02/007 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 20 02/076 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 21 02/077 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 22 02/078 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 23 02/008 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 24a / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 24 02/079 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 25 02/009 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 26 02/080 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 27 02/010 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 28 02/081 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 29 02/360 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 30 02/082 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 31 02/083 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 32 02/011 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 33 02/084 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 34 02/012 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 35 02/086 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 36 02/013 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 37 02/087 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 38 02/014 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 39 02/015 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 40 02/088 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 41 02/089 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 42 02/016 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 43 02/090 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 44 02/017 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 45 02/091 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 46 02/092 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 47 02/093 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 48 02/018 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 49 02/094 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 50 02/095 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 51 02/096 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 52 02/097 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 53 02/019 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 54 02/098 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 55 02/099 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 56 02/100 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 57 02/020 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 58 02/101 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy
• Letter 59 02/021 / W.F. Bynum and Caroline Overy.

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ISBN

• 9789042007215 ((paper))
• 9042007214 ((paper))
• 9789042007314 ((bound))
• 9042007311 ((bound))

OCLC

40282000

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