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Reference numberMC/19/104
Alternative reference numberMC.04104
LevelItem
TitleLetter from David Bruce, 8 Victoria Street, London, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison
CreatorBruce; Sir; David (1855-1931)
Date25 April 1904
DescriptionBruce sends Harrison two letters from Greig dated 17th and 24th March. Greig would like Bruce to publish a note 'in regard to the finding of trypanosomes in the cervical glands in cases of sleeping sickness [African trypanosomiasis]' and asks Foster if he should do this [enclosures not present]. Greig would like Harrison to den him work on lymphatics, send him more Leishman's staining fluid, he has 'wired' for another centrifuge, he would also like a paper on the 'growing of Trypanosoma on Agar'. Bruce requests Harrison to show the enclosed letters to Sir Michael Foster 'but for goodness sake keep them out of the way of Manson, etc', and he asks if he has sent Greig a copy of a paper by Shaudinn on Trypanosoma as Bruce had requested.
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FormatTypescript
Access statusOpen
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CodeNameDates
NA8153Bruce; Sir; David (1855 - 1931); bacteriologist and parasitologist1855 - 1931
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