The wellcome tropical research laboratories

The Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories in Khartoum (1903-1934): an experiment in development.

During the winter of 1900-1901, Henry Solomon Wellcome, the well-known drug manufacturer, happened to be in one of the first parties of European civilians to visit the Sudan after the battle of Omdurman. The trip left a very strong impression on Wellcome. The country was devastated by war, disease and famine, as his account of an island north of Khartoum illustrated. He found most of the inhabi...

A relic of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories in Khartoum (1903-34).

This article explores the origins of an old brass monocular microscope in the Central Laboratory in Khartoum, which used to be the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratory in Khartoum (1903-1934). Examination of the microscope and review of published literature gave clues to the historical background of this microscope. Identical microscopes were first manufactured by R and J Beck in 1898, and con...

The Wellcome physiological research laboratories 1894-1904: the home office, pharmaceutical firms, and animal experiments.

The Wellcome Trust/Burroughs Wellcome Fund joint program in infectious diseases of the tropical developing world.

564 The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is a U.S.-based, private, independent foundation whose mission is to advance the medical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities. As a medium-sized foundation with assets of approximately $730 million, the fund invests $30 to $35 million in research each year, primarily in the United States and Canada. The foundation has be...

The Wellcome Trust illustrated history of tropical diseases

Notices", distilled from earlier disciplinary cases, were a weak substitute for a uniform and generally binding ethical code. Further questions of a comparative nature may be asked on the basis of this book. Juxtaposition of the AMA's and Styrap's code reveals interesting differences that require explanation. For instance, the latter allowed breaches of confidentiality in cases of "threatening ...