{"id":4451,"date":"2017-11-14T16:03:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T16:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/?p=4451"},"modified":"2017-11-14T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T16:03:57","slug":"sir-ronald-rosss-slides-explored-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2017\/11\/14\/sir-ronald-rosss-slides-explored-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Ronald Ross\u2019s Slides Explored & Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Students from the History & Health MSc module have often suggested that we put Sir Ronald Ross\u2019s collection of malarial slides under the microscope. This collection, dating from the 1890s, in its beautiful wooden box, is one of my favourite items in the archive, so I have to admit I was a little nervous of undertaking such an experiment, but I had no need to worry!<\/p>\n

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Ross’s slide box<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

With the great expertise and enthusiasm of Ailie Robinson, Mojca Kristan and staff from the Public Health England Malaria Reference Laboratory and LSHTM Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory, slides were examined under the microscope, and wonderfully, they were still viable and presented some exciting results.<\/p>\n

The staining techniques for slides \u2013 \"2016<\/a>for example the use of gentian violet \u2013 has changed considerably since the 19th<\/sup> century, but oocysts and gametocytes were seen, and the results were photographed under the microscope by Cheryl Whitehorn.<\/p>\n

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Microscope, 1902<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As part of Explore Your Archive week<\/a>, the resulting images are being shown in the Manson foyer, Tuesday 21st<\/sup> November 12.30-2pm<\/strong> \u00a0along with rare books on the subject of malaria and a selection of Ross\u2019s archives, including his prize brass microscope<\/p>\n

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Ross’s 1897 notebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

and his renowned notebook, where in 1897 he meticulously recorded his dissection of the mosquito mid-gut to prove the mosquito as malarial vector.<\/p>\n

We have experts Cheryl Whitehorn, Mojca Kristan, William Stone and Claire Rogers on hand to explain the slides, and the archivists will be there to show you more details of Ross\u2019s archive<\/p>\n

See more event details here<\/a><\/p>\n

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