title: The curious affair of the identity of Fioravanti Sammut (b. 1863) and Temistocle Zammit (d. 1935).
abstract: Dr Zammit's experiments showed that brucellosis was transmitted by the milk of goats that did not show signs of infection or ill health. The British forces in Malta banned the use of goats' milk and brucellosis was eliminated in those forces. This research was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society and earned him an Honorary DLitt from Oxford University and the Kingsley Medal of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The King knighted him. He was the great Maltese polymath but there is a mystery concerning his name.
authors.affiliation: University of Leeds, Leeds, England. nurhvw@leeds.ac.uk
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Wyatt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001719:Birth Certificates / Q000266:history; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000266:history*; D006041:Goats; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008319:Malta; D008892:Milk; D009275:Names