Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by William Boog Leishman, on a paper 'An inquiry into an outbreak of human trypanosomiasis in a “Glossina morsitans” belt to the east of Mwanza, Tanganyika territory' by H Lyndhurst Duke

Reference number: RR/27/43

Date: 12 November 1922

Description

Sectional committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, it is 'interesting and important'.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1923].

Endorsed on verso as received 14 November 1922.

Reference number
RR/27/43
Earliest possible date
12 November 1922
Physical description
Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Boog Leishman

View page for William Boog Leishman

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

William Boog Leishman, Referee's report by William Boog Leishman, on a paper 'An inquiry into an outbreak of human trypanosomiasis in a “Glossina morsitans” belt to the east of Mwanza, Tanganyika territory' by H Lyndhurst Duke, 12 November 1922, RR/27/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_27_43/referees-report-by-william-boog-leishman-on-a-paper-an-inquiry-into-an-outbreak-of-human-trypanosomiasis-in-a-glossina-morsitans-belt-to-the-east-of-mwanza-tanganyika-territory-by-h-lyndhurst-duke, accessed on 20 January 2026

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_27_43/referees-report-by-william-boog-leishman-on-a-paper-an-inquiry-into-an-outbreak-of-human-trypanosomiasis-in-a-glossina-morsitans-belt-to-the-east-of-mwanza-tanganyika-territory-by-h-lyndhurst-duke

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_27_43/referees-report-by-william-boog-leishman-on-a-paper-an-inquiry-into-an-outbreak-of-human-trypanosomiasis-in-a-glossina-morsitans-belt-to-the-east-of-mwanza-tanganyika-territory-by-h-lyndhurst-duke" title="Referee's report by William Boog Leishman, on a paper 'An inquiry into an outbreak of human trypanosomiasis in a “Glossina morsitans” belt to the east of Mwanza, Tanganyika territory' by H Lyndhurst Duke" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

    View collection