Sent from Sydney Price James
3 Dec 1923
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‘My dear Steen,

Many thanks for your letter of the 1st. I am afraid my letter of the 30th ought to have been addressed to you instead of to Dr. Navarra but I thought that probably you had given him general instructions to carry on in the mater of assisting us in the routine of this enquiry and that I ought not to trouble you with unnecessary detail. The arrangements which you have kindly made are so suitable that I shall be very sorry indeed if we have to discontinue the visits before getting a positive result. It is a difficult enquiry and I have not been able to find at Hanwell and other hospitals within a reasonable distance of town any cases which happen to be so suitable for feeding upon as those in your hospital. Therefore dear Friend, in memory of our student days, I beg that you will bear with us a little longer. I am sending Shute to the Isle of Grain tomorrow to try to collect some more anopheles mosquitoes (they are very scarce at this time of year) in the hope that you will allow us to feed them on Friday night on the two cases (Mr. Still and Mr. Thorpe) whose parasites by that time should be in a condition very suitable for the experiment. In the meantime I am greatly hoping that the ‘squitoes which were fed last night will react favourably and in any case I am greatly thankful to you for the good assistance you have so kindly given.

Yours very sincerely,

[S.P. James.]’