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The Molteno Institute for Research in Parasitology, University of Cambridge, with an Account of how it came to be founded

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

George H. F. Nuttall
George H. F. Nuttall
Affiliation:
Quick Professor of Biology, Director of the Institute.
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Extract

The foundation of an Institute for Research in Parasitology in Cambridge is an achievement worthy of being recorded in some detail since it affords a recognition of the value of a branch of biological science that cannot but gratify all who have gained an insight into the deep significance of the many problems which parasitology presents when viewed from the standpoint of pure science.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1922 , pp. 97 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1922

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References

1 For biographical note relating to Mr Quick, see p. 100.

2 See Cambridge University Reporter, 3, II. 1903; 33, III. 1906, pp. 577–581; 1, V. 1906, pp. 778–781.Google Scholar

3 Ibid. 23, IV. 1918, p. 619.

4 Cambridge University Reporter, 13, III. 1906, p. 579.Google Scholar

1 Cambridge University Reporter, Date of Report 2, XII. 1920.Google Scholar

1 Mr Quick's second Trustee is Mr John Eagleton of London.

1 Cambridge University Reporter, 11, VI. 1907.Google Scholar

2 Ibid. 1, XII. 1908, p. 263; 24, XII following (Grace). Stipend now paid from the Tropical Diseases Research Fund, Medical Grant Committee and Medical Research Council.

3 Ibid.. 10 and 24, X., 14 and 21, XI. 1911. Stipend paid by the Tropical Diseases Research Fund.

4 Stipend paid in 1914 by the Tropical Diseases Research Fund. Owing to the war, the post has since been in abeyance.

1 See Cambridge University Reporter, 22, II. 1910 and 9, VI. 1914.Google Scholar

2 Nuttall, G. H. F. (1919), The Need of an Institute for Parasitological Research in Cambridge, 19 pp. 28 × 22 cm. (Illustrated with a general view and plans of the proposed Institute, Quick Laboratory and Field Laboratory. Privately printed at the University Press, Cambridge.)Google Scholar

1 See Cambridge University Reporter, 20, XII. 1920, p. 130.Google Scholar

2 Before the opening ceremony, visitors from the outside were entertained at lunch parties given respectively by the Vice-Chancellor and Mrs Pearce at Corpus Christi College, Sir Arthur Shipley and the writer at Christ's College, Dr and Mrs H. K. Anderson at the Lodge of Caius College and by Mr and Mrs P. A. Molteno at the University Arms Hotel.

1 The following abstracts of the speeches delivered on the occasion are made from a shorthand report.

1 The writer is much indebted to his friend Mr Edward Bles, M.A., for advice in practical matters relating to the arrangement of the aquarium room and its rain-water supply.

2 See footnote, p. 121.

1 The signs ′ and ″ denote feet and inches respectively.

1 For biography and portrait, see Journal of Hygiene, 1901, I. pp. 285–287.Google Scholar