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226:"Bancroft is a living example of the old saying that a prophet is without honour in his own country, this often applies also to scientists, and to any man who is rather different from and greatly superior to his fellows. His attitude towards nature was that of the true scientist, who believes that nothing is too great or too small to investigate, in spite of this, his work was largely of practical value. The protection of aboriginals against the maladministiatlon of the settlement and his generosity to all are sufficient indications of the doctor's character. His work and personality are still remembered with pleasure by those who knew him in Brisbane, and Queenslanders must not forget him and his father, who were pioneers of scientific work in this State."
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116:) and allowing the insects to bite a person suffering from filaria he showed that the parasite lived and developed in them. The means of transmission of the disease from the mosquito to man was not then known. Bancroft considered that it occurred by the contamination of food, but, on considering that the digestive fluids would probably kill the parasite before it could pass into the blood, he proposed that infection followed on the bite of the mosquito, now proven to be the cause.
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