A Streptothrix Isolated from the Spleen of a Leper.

£175 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Scarce scientific paper by William Glen Liston (1872-1950), who was among the first experimenters to demonstrate that plague was transmitted by rat fleas and was involved in developing a plague vaccine. The copy of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow. First edition; 4to (30 x 24 cm); 3 phototype engraved plates, errata slip, institutional bookplate to pastedown; publisher's original cloth backed printed boards, little wear to extremities, a very good copy; [ii], 3, 5 pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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