Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Patrick Manson worked in China for 23 years. His interest in tropical parasites made him a pioneer in the founding of the specialty of tropical medicine. Manson earned his MD from Aberdeen Medical School in 1865. His first...

1844-1922 Scottish parasitologist who founded the field of tropical medicine. While practicing medicine in China, Manson studied elephantiasis, a lymphatic disease that causes the tissues of the limbs and genitals to become extremely swollen. In 1877...

Sir Patrick Manson (3 October 1844 in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire - 9 April 1922 in London) was a British physician who made important discoveries in parasitology and was the founder of the tropical medicine field. He was the son of John Manson and...

Douglas M. Haynes. Imperial Medicine: Patrick Manson and the Conquest of Tropical Disease. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2001. Pp. vii, 231. $37.50. ISBN 0-8122-3598-3. Douglas M. Haynes' book explores the development of the field of tropical medicine through the career of...

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