Letter from Ronald Ross, The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Johnston Tropical Laboratory, University of Liverpool, to the Secretaries of the Royal Society 'Dear Sirs, I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of February 16th, informing me that you think the paper by Drs Dutton, Todd, & Christy would not be published by the Society. In that case I am quite willing to withdraw it, and should be obliged if you will kindly return it to me. Believe me, Yours faithfully, R Ross'. 18 February 1904