| Reference number | NLB/30/571 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/30 p343 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy memoranda regrading the cause of Sleeping Sickness, signed by J Rose Bradford, David Bruce, E Ray Lankester, M Foster, J Lister, Ronald Ross, J Burdon-Sanderson, C S Sherrington, and Dr F W Mott, [Fellows of the Royal Society] |
| Date | [April 1905] |
| Description | The signatories state that in their opinion there is conclusive evidence showing that Sleeping Sickness is caused by the presence in the blood cerebro-spinal fluid, of a parasite allied to that which occurs in the Tsetse Fly disease of animals, and that the parasite is transmitted from man to man by a species of fly. Briefly states their reasons for arriving at these conclusions. Includes an alteration to the memorandum given by Mott. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Physical description | Typescript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1395 | Bradford; Sir; John Rose (1863 - 1935); physician and physiologist | 1863 - 1935 |
| NA8153 | Bruce; Sir; David (1855 - 1931); bacteriologist and parasitologist | 1855 - 1931 |
| NA8247 | Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929); zoologist | 1847 - 1929 |
| NA8220 | Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist | 1836 - 1907 |
| NA8069 | Lister; Joseph (1827 - 1912); 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis; surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery | 1827 - 1912 |
| NA2281 | Ross; Sir; Ronald (1857 - 1932); malariologist | 1857 - 1932 |
| NA8280 | Burdon-Sanderson; Sir; John Scott (1828 - 1905) | 1828 - 1905 |
| NA8281 | Sherrington; Sir; Charles Scott (1857 - 1952); physiologist | 1857 - 1952 |
| NA8262 | Mott; Sir; Frederick Walker (1853 - 1926); neuropathologist and eugenicist | 1853 - 1926 |