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THE title of this brochure is rather unhappily chosen, for, coupled with the author's scientific and academic distinctions, it may give an untrue impression. As a matter of fact, the book is a collection of short poems, written in the leisure time of a busy and useful career. All are tuneful and satisfying to the ear, and many have the genuine inspiration which distinguishes poetry from mere verse—e.g. the “Vision of Nescience,” and many a line in the longer poem, “In Exile.” Prof. Ross is, of course, best known by his researches on malarial fever, and his discovery of the part played by mosquitoes in carrying infection. The results of his work are world-wide. It seems probable that, largely in consequence of his discoveries, many uninhabitable districts may be rendered fairly healthy; this is already being done in parts of Brazil. The following couple of verses, written at Bangalore, admirably portray the. pity in a noble worker's mind, and the pathos of suffering humanity. The title is “Indian Fevers.”
Philosophies.
By Prof. Ronald Ross Pp. viii + 56. (London: John Murray, 1910.) Price 1s. net.
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Philosophies . Nature 84, 493 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084493d0
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