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SANITARY science has suffered a severe loss by the death, on Monday, of Sir Richard Thorne Thorne, K.C.B., F.R.S., principal medical officer to the Local Government Board. As a guardian of the public health, he was largely responsible for the security of the United Kingdom against serious epidemics, and for the introduction of sanitary measures which have resulted in a diminution of mortality; and as an investigator he made numerous important contributions to the science of preventive medicine.
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Sir Richard Thorne Thorne, K.C.B., F.R.S. . Nature 61, 183 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/061183a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/061183a0