Baron Joseph Lister papers, 1900-1902 and undated.
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Summary
- Creator:
- Lister, Joseph, Baron, 1827-1912
- Abstract:
- 2 ALS and a fragment of an ALS. Lister writes to James Burn Russell, inquiring about the use and success of anti-plague sera against the plague in Glasgow, and to Herbert Edward Durham, on the question whether the mosquito is the carrier of the yellow fever agent, suggesting various experimental ways to discover the bacilli and establish their development within the organism of the mosquito.
- Extent:
- 3 items
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.10635
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- Scope and content:
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2 ALS and a fragment of an ALS. Lister writes to James Burn Russell, inquiring about the use and success of anti-plague sera against the plague in Glasgow, and to Herbert Edward Durham, on the question whether the mosquito is the carrier of the yellow fever agent, suggesting various experimental ways to discover the bacilli and establish their development within the organism of the mosquito.
- Biographical / historical:
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Quaker physician and surgeon, developed antiseptic prevention of wound infections.
- Acquisition information:
- Source unknown
- Processing information:
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Processed by: Rubenstein Staff
Finding aid derived from MARC record using DukeMARC2EAD-HOMproject.xsl, December 2014
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- General note:
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Forms part of the Trent Manuscripts Collection.
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Baron Joseph Lister papers, 1900-1902 and undated., David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.