Articles on tropical diseases

• Reference:GB 250 9/L/22/1/85-89
• Language of Material:English

• Scope and Content

  85: n.d . Beri-beri. 9 pages, 25cm, typescript.

  85a: n.d . Cholera. 4 sides, 32cm, manuscript.

  86: n.d . Filariasis. 8 pages, 25cm, typescript. Includes photograph of man suffering from filariasis.

  86a: n.d . Seven days fever. 2 pages, 32cm, manuscript.

  87: n.d. Spirochaete infection. 9 pages, 25cm, typescript. Fastened to item 87 are items 87a – 87j.

  87a: n.d . Tick fever. 1 page, 20cm. Manuscript notes by Ross.

  87b: 6 Oct 1906. Lancet. ‘Spirochaete in mice’. Press cutting.

  87c: 13 Apr 1907. Therapeutical Notes. ‘Intermittent tick fever’. Press cutting.

  87d: 11 Apr 1905. British Medical Journal. ‘A case showing spirilla in blood simulating malarial fever’. Press cutting.

  87e: 16 June 1906. Lancet. ‘Specific nature of the spirochaete of the African tick fever’. Press cutting.

  87f: n.d . Tick fever. 1 page, 20cm. Manuscript notes by Ross.

  87g: 26 Jan 1907. Lancet. ‘Spirillum fever in Uganda’. Press cutting.

  87h: 1 Nov 1910. Relapsing fever. 1 page, 32cm. Manuscript notes by Ross.

  87i: 25 Oct 1911. ‘Relapsing fever’ by author unknown. Typescript letter to Ross. 4 pages.

  87j: Oct 1910. ‘The spirochaete of Egyptian relapsing fever’ by Sir Andrew Balfour. Reprint of article from Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps., pp. 454-466.

  88: n.d . Spruce. 2 pagesk, 25cm. Manuscript notes by Ross.

  89: n.d . Undulant fever. 16 pages, 25cm. Pp. 1-2 manuscript, pp. 3-16 typescript. Fastened to item 89 are items 89a and 89b.

  89a: 7 Nov 1911. William B. Leishman. Manuscript letter.

  89b: 27 June 1911. Alan Hay Milne. Typescript letter.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  A series of typescript sheets on various tropical diseases giving brief information under the headings Definition, History, Distribution, Prodromata, Incubation Preiod, Onset, Other Symptoms, Pathology and Etiology.

• Access Information

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