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FOR some considerable time it has been felt in this country that an investigation might be undertaken with advantage on the mystery of dog distemper, and the matter has recently been brought to a head by an appeal from the editor of the Field to dog lovers. A considerable sum of money has been promised, and the Medical Research Council has undertaken to organise an experimental inquiry with a view of finding out the causal agent of the disease and possibly a prophylactic. As announced in NATURE of March 10, a committee has been appointed under the chairmanship of Sir William Leishman, the other members being J. B. Buxton, S. R. Douglas, F. Hobday, and C. J. Martin. Other workers, it is suggested, will be co-opted for special investigations later on.
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B., W. An Inquiry into Dog Distemper. Nature 111, 366–367 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111366a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111366a0