LISTON, Major W. G. and WILLIAMS, Captain T. S. B.

A Streptothrix Isolated from the Spleen of a Leper.

Name: A Streptothrix Isolated from the Spleen of a Leper.
Brand: LISTON, Major W. G. and WILLIAMS, Captain T. S. B.
SKU: 123208
Price: 240.00 USD
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Scientific Memoirs by Officers of the Medical and Sanitary Departments of the Government of India. No. 51.

Stock Code 123208

Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1912.

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Scarce scientific paper by William Glen Liston (1872-1950), who was among the first experimenters to demonstrate that plague was transmitted by rat fleas and was involved in developing a plague vaccine.

The copy of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow.

First edition; 4to (30 x 24 cm); 3 phototype engraved plates, errata slip, institutional bookplate to pastedown; publisher's original cloth backed printed boards, little wear to extremities, a very good copy; [ii], 3, 5 pp.

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Provenance: The Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow (bookplate, stamp).

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