1844–1922 British doctor who established the role of arthropods as secondary hosts in parasitic diseases and who founded the discipline of tropical medicine in Britain.
Keywords: filariasis; Filaria; Lewis; Ross; tropical medicine
Manson, Patrick
Helen J Power, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002513
| Further Reading | |
| Manson P (1897) The necessity for special education in tropical medicine. British Medical Journal: 985–989. | |
| book Manson P (1898) Tropical Diseases. A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates. London: Cassell. | |
| book Bynum WF and Overy C (eds) (1998) The Beast in the Mosquito: The Correspondence of Ronald Ross and Patrick Manson. Amsterdam: Rodopi. | |
| book Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970–1980) Gillispie CC (ed.) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Manson-Bahr PH (1927) The Life and Work of Sir Patrick Manson. London: Cassell. | |
