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The retirement, on August 15, of Sir Patrick Manson, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., from the post of medical adviser to the Colonial Office is announced. The duties hitherto discharged by him will in future be divided, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies has appointed Sir J. Rose Bradford, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., to be senior medical adviser, and Mr. C. W. Daniels to be junior medical adviser to the Colonial Office in London. It is also announced that Mr. W. T. Prout, C.M.G., has been appointed medical adviser to the Colonial Office in Liverpool. Sir Patrick Manson has been appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in recognition of his eminent services in connection with the investigation of the cause and cure of tropical disease.

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Notes . Nature 89, 508–511 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089508a0

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