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AT the request of the Ministry of Health, the Medical Research Council has undertaken to promote further investigations into the health problem caused by the infestation of houses by the bed-bug, and has appointed the following special committee to advise and assist in this work: Prof. J. C. G. Leding-ham (chairman), Prof. P. A. Buxton, Mr. C. S. Elton, Mr. C. R. Kerwood, Dr. John Macmillan, Dr. G. W. Monier-Williams, Prof. J. W. Munro, Dr. P. G. Stock, Dr. R. E. Stradling, Mr. A. W. McKenny Hughes (secretary), British Museum (Natural History). On the recommendation of this Committee, grants have been made by the Council for research under the direction of Prof. Buxton into the natural history of the bed-bug with reference to the conditions of its viability, and for research under the direction of Prof. Munro into chemical methods for its destruction.
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Control of the Bed-Bug. Nature 135, 540 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135540a0
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