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RefNoNLB/17/789
AltRefNoNLB/17 p501
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord Joseph Lister, Professor Edwin Ray Lankester and Sir John Kirk, President and Fellows of the Royal Society
Date20 December 1898
DescriptionIs requested by Professor [Michael] Foster to acquaint the recipients with the following documents; medical reports on the cases of Officers of the West African Colonies, who have died of malaria or blackwater fever during the last six years; and copies of letters from the Secretary of the Foreign Missions Section of the Free Church of Scotland, enclosing certain papers likely to be of use to the malaria committee. These documents are open to inspection.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8069Lister; Joseph (1827 - 1912); 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis; surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery1827 - 1912
NA6270Kirk; Sir; John (1832 - 1922)1832 - 1922
NA8247Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929)1847 - 1929
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
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