Blood-sucking insects and tropical diseases / E. Ray Lankester.

  • Ray Lankester
Date:
[1904]
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Credit: Blood-sucking insects and tropical diseases / E. Ray Lankester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    British Museum (Natvrau. History), CROMWELL Roap, Lonpon, S8.W. The importance of blood-sucking insects and other animals as possible disseminators of pathogenic organisms being now universally recognised, it is absolutely essential, firstly that medical men and others engaged in improving the sanitation of tropical countries should have the means of determining correctly the names of blood-sucking species with which they may come into contact; and secondly that a well-preserved collection of modern specimens should be available in London for comparison. The British Museum has already dealt with the Mosquitoes and Tsetse- flies, and it is now proposed to publish on similar lines a further series of monographs on the other blood-sucking forms. The material at present at our disposal, however, is insufficient for this purpose, and it is therefore hoped that all medical men and naturalists residing in British Colonies, or in the tropics in any part of the world, will make special endeavours to obtain specimens and send them addressed to the Director, Bririst Mvusrum (Naturau History), CROMWELL Roap, Lonpon, 8.W., together with notes on the names, habits, and distribution of the insects. This appeal is made especially to the medical officers of the Foreign and Colonial Services, to the medical officers of the Navy, Army, and Indian Services, and to all official representatives of H.M. Govern- ment in foreign parts. | 22500313 023
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