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Director must fall back on the original scheme with a view to the first number of the new Bulletin being brought out promptly.
3. Dr. Bagshawe raised the question of the desirability of the representation of the Liverpool School on the Committee, and it was unanimously agreed to recom- mend to the Secretary of State that Sir Ronald Ross should be invited to become a member. It was also agreed that as far as possible the meetings of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund Advisory Committee and the Tropical Diseases Bureau Managing Committee should be held on consecutive days.
4. Dr. Bagshawe raised the question of what reductions should be made to the Admiralty, who were desirous of subscribing for 18 copies of the Bulletin. It was agreed that the price might be fixed at 16s. in lieu of 21s.
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No. 21.
MINUTES OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE TROPICAL DISEASES BUREAU MANAGING COMMITTEE, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE AT 4.30 P.M. ON THE 14TH OCTOBER, 1912.
PRESENT:
Mr. READ (in the Chair).
Surgeon-General Sir A. BRANFOOT.
Sir J. ROSE BRADFORD.
Sir W. LEISHMAN.
Sir JOHN MCFADYEAN.
Sir RONALD Ross.
Mr. KEITH (Secretary).
Dr. BAGSHAWE, Director of the Bureau, attended.
1. The Minutes of the Second Meeting of the 2nd August* were approved.
2. Dr. Bagshawe explained that the original arrangements for dealing with three groups of subjects had proved impossible to carry out owing to the inability of the gentlemen to whom they were offered to undertake the work The subjects to be disposed of were dysentery and sprue; pellagra and tropical skin diseases; and leprosy and cholera. Of these groups the last was much the largest; in four months, June to September, for the other seven subjects allotted, the number of references to papers to be dealt with averaged 34; for dysentery there were 21; for pellagra and skin diseases 26; for leprosy 32; and for cholera 37, making a total of 69 for this group.
For dysentery, Dr. Bagshawe suggested Captain S. R. Douglas, I.M.S. (ret.). This suggestion was agreed to, and it was also agreed that it was not practicable to separate dysentery into two subjects, bacterial and amoebic.
For leprosy and cholera Dr. Bagshawe suggested the name of Dr. Ledingham, and, if he were unable to undertake it, proposed Dr. Henderson Smith.
It was agreed that either of these officers could suitably undertake the work, after the question had been discussed whether or not it would be possible to separate the two subjects and rearrange the heads by classifying skin diseases with leprosy.
In the case of pellagra and skin diseases it was agreed that Sir Ronald Ross should press Dr. Stephens to undertake the work. If he were unwilling to do so, it was agreed that Dr. Sandwith, who was recommended by Sir Patrick Manson, would be a suitable appointment.
Dr. Bagshawe mentioned that Dr. Thomson had gone to Panama and would be absent for about four months. In his absence the papers on malaria and blackwater fever were being dealt with by his brother, Dr. John Thomson. Sir Ronald Ross undertook to supervise Dr. John Thomson's work, which, Dr. Bagshawe stated, was not at present equal to his brother's.
Dr. Bagshawe also mentioned that Dr. Leiper had gone away to West Africa, and that the date of his return was uncertain, and that if his absence extended beyond Christmas it would become necessary to replace him. This was agreed to, and Sir Ronald Ross offered to lend temporary honorary assistance in this case or in the case of skin diseases. It was agreed that temporary arrangements of this nature should be left to the Director of the Bureau.
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3. Dr. Bagshawe raised the question whether copies of the Bulletin should be supplied gratis to Northern Nigeria, Uganda, and Nyasaland, which had been in the habit of receiving copies of the Sleeping Sickness Bulletin but which had not con- tributed to the funds of the Bureau, and were no longer strictly entitled to receive them. It was agreed that, in view of the Imperial contribution, suitable numbers of the publications should be sent to these Protectorates pending the receipt of infor- mation as to the exact numbers required. Dr. Bagshawe also raised the question whether free copies should be sent to foreign Governments, explaining that Belgium received some 57, Germany 10, France 6, while smaller numbers were sent to one or two other places. It was agreed that it was not possible to continue so large a dis- tribution to Belgium, and that the number should be reduced to 10, while, at the same time, the Director should endeavour to secure that the Belgian Government should supply papers in return for these copies. It was also agreed, on the proposal of Sir Ronald Ross, that the German Government should be pressed to supply copies of their publications in return for the copies sent by the Bureau, and if these papers were not forthcoming the number sent to Germany should be reduced to six. Sir Ronald Ross pointed out that the sending of free copies had the advantage of adver. tising the Bureau's publications.
It was agreed that three copies should be supplied to Mr. Marshall, two of which were intended for the two Travelling Entomologists.
It was agreed that other requests, such as that of the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College of Edinburgh, should be refused, though, of course, where bodies were pre- pared to give publications in exchange the Director should arrange for such exchanges.
Dr. Bagshawe mentioned that the Admiralty desired that the copies supplied to them and referred to in the last paragraph of the minutes of the second meeting* should be granted free, and it was agreed that this should be done, especially in view of the fact that the Stationery Office were saving the Bureau about 33 per cent. in the production of the Bulletins.
4. Dr. Bagshawe raised the question of translations. His arrangement with the contributors was that they should make their own arrangements for translations, and he assumed that they could themselves translate French, German, and Italian There were, however, other papers, though not many, in Russian, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, and probably there would be some in Spanish and Portuguese.
Sir Ronald Ross stated that the polyglot clerk in the Liverpool School had con- stantly assisted the contributors by explaining to them passages even in French and German papers which presented difficulties, and he suggested that arrangements should be made by which, for a fixed salary, the clerk should be required to make translations for the use of the Bureau. He insisted on the fact that what was wanted was not so much complete translations as that the contributor and the clerk should meet together and go through the paper.
Sir J. McFadyean feared that, even so, the abstracting of papers in the less known foreign languages would run the risk of being seriously erroneous.
Sir J. Rose Bradford mentioned that the laboratory assistant to Dr. Waller had
a knowledge of several languages and some medical training, and that he might be a useful man in addition to the man at Liverpool, and it was also suggested that advice on the subject of suitable translators might be obtained from Mr. Michelli, of the London School of Tropical Medicine, and from the Lister Institute. It was finally agreed that the Director should consider the matter further and ascertain what it was possible to do.
5. Dr. Bagshawe explained that, after careful investigation, he had decided that the selling agents should be Baillière, Tindall, and Cox, whose terms were 25 per cent. on all sales and 25 per cent. on the takings on advertisements; on the other hand they would do the canvassing. The Bureau undertook to provide envelopes and postage for copies.
Sir J. McFadyean raised the question whether, although the agreement was only until the end of 1913, the firm would not be entitled for ever to the percentage on the advertisements in the absence of any express stipulation to the contrary.
6. Dr. Bagshawe raised the question whether typhus, Rocky Mountain fever, and Japanese river fever should be included among the diseases which fell within the purview of the Bulletins. Sir J. Rose Bradford explained that he could not
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