| Reference Number | CW/2/3 |
| Title | Letter from Sir Almroth Wright to Leonard Colebrook |
| Date | 30 August 1916 |
| Creator Name | Wright, Sir Almroth Edward, 1861-1947 |
| Colebrook, Leonard, 1883-1967 |
| Description | Manuscript letter from Wright to Colebrook written from the 13 General Hospital Boulogne. Wright sends a message to 'Duggie' [Stewart R Douglas] that he has 'written to the D G Belgian Army' and is delighted that Colebrook and he will be making the vaccine, which Wright states 'will all help end the war'. Wright also discusses the 'Cheyne' paper and its publication and the replacement of his colleague [Inman] with Dreyer. Wright also discusses the renting of his cottage and trouble with the tenants endured by Colebrook. The letter ends was a series of drawings and notes on the Rose irrigator which 'was put into good working order by Tanner & now perfected by Matson', Wright suggest Colebrook 'may like to try this at St Mary's'.
A typescript copy of the letter made by Leonard Colebrook is included. |
| Extent | 6 pages |
| Term | Vaccines |
| Military Medicine |
| Immunisation |
| Wounds and Injuries -- therapy |
| Wound Infection |
| Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines |
| Mass Vaccination |
| First World War (1914-1918) |
| Letter |