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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 25 July 1928, Page 4

Ano the r doctor' —the third within eight months- —has lost his life fighting yellow fever on the West Coast of Africa. He was Dr. William A. Young, Director of iMedical Iteseoi'ch at Accra. Fro lessor Adrian Stokes died from yellow fever contracted in the course of research work at Lagos in September. Dr- Kideyo Notguchi, of the Rockefeller Institute, with whom Dr. Young had been collaborating, died a fen* weeks ago from the same cause. “Dr. Young knew and appreciated the risks he was running,” said; a colleague. “but it was always bis inspired belief that sooner or later his and other men’s work would be crowned with success that kept/ him goinp:. ’ A tragic feature of the deaths of Dr. Young, Dr. Noguchi, and Professor Stokes 1 is a conversation they had together a year ago. In a spirit of ootimrsTii. Professor Stokes, who believed that lie was on the eve of victory over velknv fever, then said and subsequently wrote to a friend : _ “We have our fish booked. It is now just a matter of landing Now all three are dead.