Sir John Megaw
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Date: 8 Feb 1874
- Died
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Date: 24 Oct 1958
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Born
8 Feb 1874
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Died
24 Oct 1958
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Quoted byS.P. James, W.D. Nicol and P.G. Shute, ‘Clinical and Parasitological Observations on Induced Malaria,’ Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine 29 (1936), pp. 879-894.
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Sir John Megaw said that the only question that he wished to ask Colonel James was why he showed such timidity in avoiding the use of the term "virulence? " In connection with parasites of all kinds the word virulence was ordinarily used to express the power of the parasites to damage the hosts, and when Colonel James succeeded in breeding a race of parasites which were capable of causing very serious disease, he (the speaker) saw no reason why their increased capacity for damage should not be referred to as heightened virulence.’ (894)
