102 The Molteno Institute for Resear eh in Parasitology 
it a very noisy place where through the shifting about and conversations 
going on it was difficult to collect one’s thoughts and to carry on experi¬ 
mental work without constant interruptions, privacy being precluded. There 
was but one sink in the room for all the workers, there was danger of fire 
because of the amount of woodwork and alcohol-preserved material, and 
finally, especially during the war, the lack of heating and ventilation became 
insupportable. It was then that the writer resolved to issue an appeal 
for help and proceeded to write out a statement showing what a need there 
was in Cambridge of a suitably equipped Institute for Parasitological Research, 
the Quick Laboratory, in addition to all its other failings, being a place totally 
unfit for the prosecution of researches on organisms of an infective nature. 
The Quick Laboratory, as such, has ceased to exist since it is now incorporated 
in the Molteno Institute. 
Scientific Staff of the Quick Laboratory. 
With the aid of the grants and benefactions to be mentioned (p. 104) the 
following scientific staff was established, the various posts being created by 
Grace of the Senate: In June, 1907, a Research Studentship in Medical Ento¬ 
mology was established with an annual stipend of £100 derived from the 
Tropical Diseases Research Fund 1 . In December, 1908, an Assistantship in 
Protozoology to the Quick Professor was established with an annual stipend of 
£100 paid during three years by the writer and subsequently by grants which 
have since been augmented 2 . A second Assistantship was subsequently 
established but has lapsed. In November, 1911, a Demonstratorship in Medical 
Entomology with a stipend of £50 was established 3 and in 1913-14 the post of 
Helminthologist was created with a stipend of £100, derived during the first 
year from laboratory funds 4 . 
A List of those who worked in the Quick Laboratory 1907-21. 
Since it may be of interest in the future, a list of those who were engaged in 
research in the Quick Laboratory is herewith appended, the names of those 
who have published papers being marked with an asterisk: 
Professor: *G. H. F. Nuttall, F.R.S., 1906-21; Demonstrator: *C. Warburton, 
M.A., F.Z.S., joined in 1908, appointed 1911; Assistant: *H. B. Fantham, Sc.D. 
(London), 1908-10; *C. Strickland, M.A., B.C., 1910-12; *Iv. R. Lewin, B.A., 
1912-13; *E. Hindle, M.A., Ph.D., joined 1910, appointed 1913-17; *D. Keilin, 
Sc.D. (Paris), joined 1915, appointed 1917; Helminthologist: *Miss Annie 
Porter, Sc.D. (London), joined 1908, appointed 1913; T. Storrar Cave, B.A., 
1914; Research Student in Medical Entomology: A. H. Lees, B.A., 1907; 
1 Cambridge University Reporter, 11, vi. 1907. 
2 Ibid. 1, xn. 1908, p. 263; 24, xn following (Grace). Stipend now paid from the Tropical 
Diseases Research Fund, Medical Grant Committee and Medical Research Council. 
3 Ibid. 10 and 24, x., 14 and 21, xi. 1911. Stipend paid by the Tropical Diseases Research Fund. 
4 Stipend paid in 1914 by the Tropical Diseases Research Fund. Owing to the war, the post 
has since been in abeyance. 
