Sir Patrick Manson: Father of tropical medicine

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | November 1, 2000| | Copyright

In the obscurity of Amoy, South China, a lone Scotsman working with the most humble medical resources uncovered the remarkable mystery of filariasis. He not only enriched the world of medicine with numerous contributions on several tropical diseases, but also initiated a new era of thinking that winged arthropods may be associated with the spread of disease in man. In 1899, his pioneering efforts led to the establishment of a new discipline in medicine and the founding of the London School of Tropical Medicine.

The lone Scotsman was Patrick Manson (1844-1922), who was born in Aberdeenshire, ...

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