Bancroft, Thomas Lane
Bancroft, Thomas Lane
Dr Thomas Lane Bancroft was a well-known doctor and naturalist. He was intereseted in parasitology and the Queensland lung-fish. His most important discoveries were related to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases. He was the first to discover that the Aeses aegypti mosquito spread dengue fever.
Birth date:
Mon, 01/02/1860
Death date:
Sun, 11/12/1933
Birth place:
England
Birth country:
England
Publications
Strychnine, a Useless Remedy in Snake-Bite
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1891. Strychnine, a Useless Remedy in Snake-Bite. Australasian Medical Gazette. 10:123-124.