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No. 46.
I am, &c.,
ARCH. GEIKIE,
Secretary, Royal Society.
THE LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE to COLONIAL
OFFICE.
(Received June 1, 1905.)
[Answered by No. 53.]
Johnston Tropical Laboratory,
SIR,
University of Liverpool, May 31, 1905. In accordance with the request contained in your letter of 4th November,* I have the honour to report on the work of the School since January 1st, 1905, as follows:-
1.-Appointment of Lecturer in Economic Entomology and Parasitology.
In view of the importance of the more exact study of insects which transmit disease in man and animals, the Committee of the Incorporated Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have appointed Mr. R. Newstead, F.S.A., who has been curator of the Chester Grosvenor Museum for the last nineteen years, as lecturer in economic entomology and parasitology.
Mr. Newstead has had a distinguished career. He is an associate of the Linnean Society, a fellow of the Entomological Society and an honorary member of the Royal Horticultural Society. He acted as assistant to the late Miss Ormerod, and has had a very long practical experience of the insects injurious to animals, man and plants. He has been employed by the Board of Agriculture and some of the Colonial Governments to conduct investigations for them. He is the author of two important publications issued by the Ray Society upon scale insects and mealy bugs.
For several years he has acted as external examiner in entomology in Edinburgh University and at Reading College.
2.—Expeditions.
1. The Congo Expedition of the School which started in the autumn of 1903 have continued their investigations into trypanosomiasis, spirillum fever and other diseases, and are still engaged on the work of investigation into tropical diseases in the Kasongo District of the Congo,
2. Dr. R. E. McConnell is working on behalf of the School in the Mining District of the Gold Coast on blackwater fever and other tropical diseases.
3. Dr. Wolferstan Thomas and Dr. Anton Breinl have proceeded to Brazil to study yellow fever.
As will be gathered from the preceding paragraphs research into the nature and prevention of tropical diseases has been actively pursued both by special investigators employed in the laboratory and by those who have been sent out to tropical countries. The chief investigation has been sleeping sickness, in which very substantial progress has been made as the result of very extensive and comprehensive investigations both in the laboratory and in the Congo. The result of these investigations go far to show that in a particular arsenic anilin compound (atoxyl) very considerable remedial effects can be produced in animals, and this method of treatment now requires to be investigated in the case of man. Much progress has also been made in the morbid anatomy of sleeping sickness and other allied diseases, as also in establishing the identity of trypanosomiasis and sleeping sickness.
With the deepest regret we refer to the death of Dr. Dutton, the most brilliant investigator the School has ever possessed, and who, although only 29, has added largely to our knowledge of tropical medicine.
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3. Teaching.
The teaching work of the School is being carried on by Professor Ronald Ross, Dr. J. W. W. Stephens, Mr. R. Newstead and their assistants in the laboratories of the School. A considerable amount of teaching material has been obtained. Twelve students have taken out the course of instruction for the Diploma in Tropical Medicine; of these five entered for the examination and four passed. The examiners were Colonel D. Bruce, Professor R. Ross and Dr. J. W. W. Stephens.
4.-Publications.
An important report on the health conditions of Freetown, Bathurst and Conakry has been published since the 1st January last. Other reports are in course of preparation, and valuable papers on tropical medicine have been published in the "Royal Society Proceedings" and other journals during the year.
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SIR,
No. 47.
I am, &c.,
ROBERT BOYCE,
pro. Hon. Secretary.
THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received June 9, 1905.)
[Answered by No. 48.]
British Medical Association, 429, Strand, London, W.C.,
June 8, 1905.
THE British Medical Association has voted large sums for the advancement of research in medical science. This money has been more particularly restricted to research within the United Kingdom. The Association is now desirous of extending this research specially to tropical medicine. At the same time it is felt that more strictly speaking the cost of such a research should be borne by the Imperial Exchequer.
In spite of this, at a recent meeting of the Council of the Association, it was decided to vote a sum of £200 towards the establishment of a Scholarship in Tropical Medicine, conditionally upon His Majesty's Government contributing an equal amount from the Imperial Exchequer.
On behalf of the Association I have the honour to transmit this to you, and venture to express the hope that you will be able to advise His Majesty's Govern- ment to contribute an equal amount towards the establishment of a Scholarship in Tropical Medicine.
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I have, &c,
ANDREW CLARK, F.R.C.S.,
No. 48.
Chairman of Council.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
Downing Street, June 20, 1905.
SIR,
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, in which you notify the decision of the Council of the British Medical Association to vote a sum of £200 towards the establishment of a Scholarship in Tropical Medicine, on condition that a contribution of an equal amount is made by His Majesty's Government.
I am to request you to convey to your Council an expression of Mr. Lyttelton's appreciation of the interest shown by the British Medical Association in this matter, and to state that he will carefully consider the subject of your letter to which a further reply will be returned in due course.
I am, &c.,
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