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GB 0809 Pettenkofer · [1891]

Papers of Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, [1891], relate to his interest and work concerning sanitation and pollution and comprise a handwritten manuscript titled 'On the self purification of rivers'.

Pettenkofer , Max Josef von , 1818-1901 , Public sanitation pioneer
GB 0809 Leiper · 1880s-1960s

Papers of Robert Thomson Leiper, [1880-1960] contain material concerning an expedition by Leiper to British Guiana and the West Indies; a commission from the London School of Tropical Medicine to study filariasis and material relating to Leiper, his work at the School and his family including photographs, postcards from West Africa, autograph book, reports as an helminthologist, material on the Peking Union Medical College and family history research.

Leiper , Robert Thomson , 1881-1969 , Helminthologist