Commissioner of sleeping sickness [Col. D. Bruce] and Dr. Marshall on Tero Forest Canal inspecting for fly, May 1909, 1909-05
Scope and Contents
78 x 104 mm. A view looking along the canal towards the dug-out in which Colonel (later Major General Sir David Bruce and Doctor C. Marshall are seated. Bruce was sent out in charge of the Royal Society Commission into sleeping sickness in Uganda in 1903 and 1908-1910 and made important discoveries about the disease.
Dates
- Creation: 1909-05
Creator
- From the Fonds: Great Britain. Colonial Office. Visual Instruction Committee (Organization)
- From the Fonds: Fisher, Alfred Hugh, 1867 -1945 (artist and photographer) (Person)
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Biographical / Historical
Photographer unknown
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Fair condition.
General
GD.
Originator(s)
Unknown
Finding aid date
2002-11-05 14:16:03+00:00
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