Following Kenneth Mellanby's initial interest in the problem of head lice it was suggested that scabies would be an important area of research, which aimed to discovering how it was transmitted and how it could be treated most effectively.
It was suggested that scabies would be an important area of research and how it could be treated most effectively. This was following Kenneth Mellanby's initial interest in the problem of head lice. Research aimed to discovering how it was transmitted.