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Paper, 'A contribution to the pathology of the epidemic known as the "Salmon disease"' by T H [Thomas Henry] Huxley

Reference number: PP/1/30

Date: 1882

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Huxley writes: 'For some years, an epidemic disease, followed by a very large number of deaths, has been observed to prevail among the salmon of certain Scottish and British rivers, from the Tay on the north, as far as the Conway on the south. The first obvious symptom of the malady is the appearance of one or more greyish patches upon the skin of parts of the body which are not covered with scales, such as the top and sides of the head, the adipose fin, and the soft skin at the bases of the other fins.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Pathology / Veterinary medicine

Received 21 February 1882. Read 2 March 1882.

A version of this paper was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'A contribution to the pathology of the epidemic known as the "salmon disease"'.

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PP/1/30
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1882
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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18 pages
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Thomas Henry Huxley, Paper, 'A contribution to the pathology of the epidemic known as the "Salmon disease"' by T H [Thomas Henry] Huxley, 1882, PP/1/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_1_30/paper-a-contribution-to-the-pathology-of-the-epidemic-known-as-the-salmon-disease-by-t-h-thomas-henry-huxley, accessed on 23 May 2025

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