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A paper, " The Parasitic Theory of Cancer," appeared in the British 

 Medical Journal of 1903. Plimmer always adhered to the parasitic 

 theory. He was one of the first to try the effect of radium bromide on 

 cancer, after having been on a special visit to Vienna to see the results 

 of the treatment. His experience was published in the Lancet of 1904. 

 From 1899 until his death in 1918 his attention was given to blood- 

 parasites, and he published numerous papers on Trypanosomata. The 

 following is a list of the papers :— (With J. R. Bradford): " Preliminary 

 Note on the Morphology and Distribution of the Organism found in the 

 Tse-tse Fly Disease," Proc. Roy. Soc. 1899. "Ueber die Morphologic 

 und Verbreitung der Tse-tse gefundenen Parasiten," Centralblatt f. 

 Bakt., 1899. "The Organism of the Tse-tse Fly Disease," Nature, 1899. 

 " Organisms Infesting the Blood of Animals suffering from Tse-tse Fly 

 Disease," Nature, 1902. (With J. R. Bradford) : "The Trypanosoma 

 Brucei," Quart. Jour. Micr. Science, 1902. " Note on the Effect pro- 

 duced on Rats by the Trypanosomes of Gambia Fever and of Sleeping 

 ♦Sickness," Proc. Roy. Soc, 1905. " Further Observations on the Effects 

 produced on Rats by the Trypanosome of Gambia Fever and of Sleeping 

 Sickness," Proc. Roy. Soc, 1907. (AVith J. D. Thomson) : " A Pre- 

 liminary Summary of the Results of the Experimental Treatment of 

 Trypanosomiasis," Proc. Roy. Soc, 1907. " Experimental Treatment 

 of Trypanosomiasis," Nature, 1907. "Comparative Effects of th« 

 Trypanosomata of Gambia Fever and of Sleeping Sickness," Nature, 

 1907. "Abstract of Work on the Experimental Treatment of Trypano- 

 somiasis carried out under a Sub-Committee of the Royal Society," Govt. 

 Blue Book, 1907. (With J. D. Thomson) : " Further Results on the 

 Experimental Treatment of Trypanosomiasis," Proc. Roy. Soc, 1908 ; 

 reprinted in the Reports of the Sleeping Sickness Commission of the 

 Royal Society, 1908. (With H. C. Bateman) : " Further Results on the 

 Experimental Treatment of Trypanosomiasis," Proc. Roy. Soc, 1908 ; 

 reprinted in the Reports of the Sleeping Sickness Commission of the 

 Royal Society, 1908. "Abstracts of further Results of Experimental 

 Treatment of Trypanosomiasis carried out under a Sub-Committee of the 

 Royal Society," Govt. Blue Book, 1908. " Experimental Treatment of 

 Trypanosomiasis," Nature, 1908. " Ergebnisse von Versuchen Try- 

 panosomiasis in Ratten zu behandeln," Centr. f . Bakt., 1908. " Weitere 

 Ergebnisse von Versuchen Trypanosomiasis in Ratten zu behandeln," 

 Centr. f. Bakt., 1908. " Weitere Ergebnisse von Versuchen Trypanosomi- 

 asis in Ratten zu behandeln," Centr. f. Bakt., 1909. (With W. B. 

 Fry) : " Further Results on the Experimental Treatment of Trypano- 

 somiasis," Proc. Roy. Soc 1909. (With W. B. Fry and H. S. Ranken) : 

 " Further Results on the Experimental Treatment of Trypanosomiasis," 

 Proc Roy. Soc, 1910. " Experimental Treatment of Trypanosomiasis," 

 Nature, 1910. " Note on Methods," Appendix to paper by W. B. Fry 

 and H. S. Ranken on "Granules," Proc. Roy. Soc, 1913. "Blood 

 Parasites," Proc Roy. Inst., translated into French in Revue scientifique, 

 1913. " Blood Parasites," Nature, 1913. " Note on the Genus 

 Toxoplasma, with a Description of Three new Species," Proc Roy. Soc, 

 1916. " On the Blood Parasites found in Animals in the Zoological 

 Gardens during the four years 1908-1911," Proc. Zool. Soc, 1912. 



