Scientific Memoirs, No. 42. Leprosy
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special attention to it. As soon as Major Rost laid claim to the cultivation of the bacillus, Surgeon-General Lukis took the opportunity of visiting Burma and seeing the work for himself. He was soon convinced of the importance of the work, and Colonel Bannerman of the Bombay Laboratory was called in to examine and report upon this work. The Rost cultures were examined by him and the work of Williams was done under his (Bannerman's) direct supervision. He is of opinion that the organisms found by Rost and Williams are probably identical ; the only difference is that Williams' growth is sticky, while Rost's is dry. The details given in Williams' paper and the fact that in both the organism produces, apparently, a specific reaction in lepers would seem to be strong evidence in favour of this view.
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