R. T. Abbott, field record book, November-December 1945, sta. nos. 257-293 (China) Search this
Collection name:
National Museum of Natural History (U. S.), Department of Invertebrate Zoology, curatorial records, 1893-1969
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 1, folder 2
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
China
Date Range:
1945
Start Date:
19451103
End Date:
19451222
Abstract:
R. T. Abbott was a medical malacologist. He became Assistant Curator and Associate Curator of the Department of Mollusks. He was a Navy bomber pilot during WWII, and later joined the Naval Medical Research Unit to study in particular schistosomiasis, a disease affecting troops in the Pacific. This field book includes lists of stations and their numbers, with notes and drawings, for Abbott's field trip to China. The stations are numbered 257 to 293 and the notes are dated from November 3 to December 22, 1945. At end are added extensive notes on stations 282 and 260, with text and map drawings showing percentages of schistosomes found and numbers of snails crushed. The following pages have a bibliographical note, and an itinerary. The field notes are written in a notebook that has column headings in Chinese language (Mandarin?).
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