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RefNoCMB/244/26
LevelItem
TitleLetter from J W D Megaw, India Office, Whitehall, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House
Date29 June 1938
DescriptionIs forwarding a proposal for an investigation into the relation between diet and disease in India. Notes that Dr Curjel Wilson is willing to undertake the project; describes her as 'an able and energetic research worker' with special knowledge of India, 'and her sex will enable her to gain access to Indian households from which a male worker would be excluded'. Describes her research on the nutritional condition of Indian schoolgirls' and suggests that such an investigation would provide a model for India investigations in general. p37.
Extent2pp
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
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