TROPICAL DISEASES; A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climate

by Patrick Manson. Birmingham Classics of Medicine Library, 1984.Special Edition.Manson was involved in many aspects of tropical medicine, studying parasite ssuch as flukes, ringworms, and guinea worms, and tracing their life cycles. He helped found the College of Medicine at Hong Kong and served as its first dean. He advocated specialized training for doctors planning to work in the tropics. Manson helped set up the world's first school of tropical medicine inLiverpool and was an organizer in the founding of the London School of Tropical Medicine in 1899, at a time when some practitioners thought medical specialization cheapened the profession. Manson helped found the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine in 1907 and served as its first president. He advised the Colonial Office for 20 years. Manson published his best known work, Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates , in 1898 and it became a classic textbook, running to 17 editions. The Royal Society elected Manson a fellow in 1900 and he received a knighthood in 1903.Facsimile reprint from the 1st.1898 Cassell edition.xvi,607pp.notes.Tooled gilt decorated leather,raised bands, and marbled end papers,a.e.g pagemaker.Fine.