PRESENTATION COPY
[Drop-head title:] Copies of letters from Sir Patrick Manson (1899 and 1900) and General Gorgas (1914) to Sir Ronald Ross regarding his discovery of the Connection Between Malaria and certain Mosquitoes in 1897 to 1899.
[London].
[Harrison and Son], [1929?]
First edition.
Quarto.
Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Lightly marked and sunned. Presentation copy, ink inscription to head of title: 'With Sir Ronald's compliments'.
The first edition of a reproduction of three letters sent to eminent malariologist Sir Ronald Ross (1857-1932) on the subject of the transmission of malaria, two of which from and his mentor, physician and parasitologist and pioneer of tropical medicine, Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922). In 1902, Ross was awarded the Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for his research into the propagation of the disease via mosquitoes.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 28726
