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RefNoMC/20/451
AltRefNoMC.05451
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TitleLetter from A D Melvin, Acting Chief of Bureau, United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D.C., to Archibald Geikie, Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London, England
Date3 October 1905
DescriptionMelvin has received Geikie's letter regardin Malta fever in the goats of the Island of Malta, and 'reporting the discovery that milk from such animals has been found frequently to conain germs of the disease'. Report of the Commission has not arrived, and Melvin requests another copy. Enclosed is a handwritten note in pencil regarding the postage of the report.

[For reply, see related records].
Extent2p
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordNLB/31/593
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6174Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924)1835 - 1924
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