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THE death of Prof. Warrington Yorke, tragically unexpected by those who knew his vigour and force of character, was a great loss to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and to medicine and biology. His work on the trypanosomes, the nematodes and on other parasitic and tropical diseases earned for him an international reputation, and his later work on the chemotherapy of parasitic diseases was of equal value. It is said ofhim (Brit. Med. J., April 15) that his introduction of drugs of the diamidine series is making it possible to master kala-azar in places where it is resistant to compounds of antimony, and tribute is paid to his efforts to place British chemotherapy in the front rank. Not only the former colleagues and friends of Warrington Yorke, but also all who respect and admire scientific ability and devoted effort to apply it to the relief of human and animal suffering, will like to know that their admiration may take a practical form. The Council of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is appealing for funds to establish the Chemotherapeutic Research Department of that School as a fitting memorial to Warrington Yorke, who started the work now going on in it. Subscriptions may be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Warrington Yorke Memorial Fund, Chamber of Commerce, 1 Old Hall Street, Liverpool.
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Warrington Yorke Memorial Fund. Nature 153, 521 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153521b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153521b0