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Patrick Manson in 1875<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sir Patrick Manson, founder of the London School of Tropical Medicine,\u00a0 died 93 years ago today.<\/p>\n

Manson, known as the father of modern tropical medicine, studied medicine at Aberdeen University, passing M.B. and C.M. in 1865.<\/p>\n

In 1866 he became a\u00a0 medical officer in Formosa (Taiwan) for the Customs Service.\u00a0 He moved to Amoy, China in 1871.\u00a0 In Amoy,\u00a0 he\u00a0 worked both as medical officer for the Imperial Maritime Customs\u00a0 and also with the local population on elephantoid illnesses, operating to remove\u00a0 tumours of patients suffering from elephantitis. During this period he developed Manson’s Trocar, for the treatment of liver abcesses, an example of which is in the School’s archive.<\/p>\n

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Manson’s Hepatic Trocar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was during his time in Amoy that he discovered in the tissues of blood-sucking mosquitoes, the developmental phase of filaria worms, and went on to develop the understanding of the mosquito as the vector in human to human transmission of the disease. Later, he would\u00a0 encourage the young Ronald Ross, working in India,\u00a0 to research the similar link with mosquitoes as the vector for malaria. The archives hold the unique correspendence that developed between the two men.<\/p>\n

From 1883 to 1889 Manson was based in Hong Kong, where he set up a medical school that developed into the University and Medical School of Hong Kong. He also founded the Hong Kong Medical Society in 1886, and as a result of his concern for the state of health of the population,\u00a0 helped establish a dairy farm for the provision of fresh milk for those in need. Evidently the first cows for the dairy were sent over from his native Scotland.<\/p>\n

Returning to London in 1889, he set up in private practise and became physician and advisor to the Colonial Office in 1897. As mentioned earlier, It was during this period that he propounded the theory of the mosquito as the vector for the transmission of malaria,\u00a0 the theory that was proved by Sir Ronald Ross in 1897.<\/p>\n

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Students being taught by Manson (far right) at the School c.1900<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He was strongly advocating for the establishment of specialist training in tropical medicine, and in 1899, finally succeeded in founding the School as a part of the Seamen’s Hospital in Albert Dock, East London. He continued to teach and research, spurred on by his lifetime of medical experience.<\/p>\n

We are fortunate to hold Manson’s archive within the School:\u00a0 for more details see our online catalogue<\/a> and to make an appointment to use the archives,\u00a0 just email\u00a0 archives@lshtm.ac.uk<\/p>\n

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Sir Patrick Manson with his grandchildren<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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