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Edington conveys the results of an enquiry into Texas Fever and suggests 'a means whereby protective inoculation for this malady may be carried out in this country [South Africa].'

Annotations in ink throughout. Includes four pages of figures.

Subject: Pathology / Virology

Received 6 June 1898. Read 16 June 1898. Communicated by T R [Thomas Richard] Fraser.

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AP/73/17
Earliest possible date
1898
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Ink on paper
Page extent
15 pages
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Typescript
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Alexander Edington

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Alexander Edington, Unpublished paper, 'Note on the attenuation and exaltation of the virulence of the organism of Texas Fever' by Alexander Edington, 1898, AP/73/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_73_17/unpublished-paper-note-on-the-attenuation-and-exaltation-of-the-virulence-of-the-organism-of-texas-fever-by-alexander-edington, accessed on 17 February 2025

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