Sir Ronald Ross

Sir Ronald Ross, malaria, and the rewards of research.

INTRODUCTION In 1897-98, while a young surgeon in the Indian Medical Service (IMS), Ronald Ross incriminated mosquitoes in malaria transmission, a remarkable piece of research considering that he did not know what he was looking for in his mosquitoes or even if they were the "right" insects.' His main guidance came from Patrick Manson, who had hypothesized that mosquitoes might be the culprits....

Ronald Ross

The British race can claim with every truth that it has conferred many benefits upon this country; had it conferred no other than the gift of western medicine, the people of the sub-continent might still rise up and call it blessed. Of all the blessings which western medicine has been able to confer, none are surpassed by those which originate from the work of Sir Ronald Ross, k.c.b., k.c.m.g.,...

Tasting Tea By SIR RONALD

Ronald ross: malariologist and polymath. A biography.

by Edwin R. Nye and Mary E. Gibson, Macmillan (UK) and St Martin's Press (USA) 1997. pound48.50 (316 pages) ISBN 0 312 16296 0.

Sir R. Ross and I.M.S.

with the writer who immediately allowed his name to be published, as may be seen by a reference to our columns (May 1911, p. 187). This letter has long been lost, but at the time we stated and we still believe that it contained nothing beyond a statement to the effect that the writer should give his name. This having been done, we did not think it necessary to publish the letter itself, and not...