Record

RefNoCMB/15/30
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Sir David Bruce, Entebbe, Uganda, to Sir Michael Foster of the Malaria Committee
Date16 May 1903
DescriptionEncloses a box of biting flies for identification at the British Museum; is trying to get living flies from the Eastern Belt to see if they will carry sleeping sickness. Is expecting Capt Greig. Notes that Dr Wiggins in Kavirondo is finding trypanosoma in practically every case of sleeping sickness -- 'I am going on the hypothesis that the trypanosoma is the cause'. p49.
Extent4pp
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8153Bruce; Sir; David (1855 - 1931)1855 - 1931
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
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