From the Greenwich Hulks to Old St Pancras

Cook explores the development of clinical tropical medicine from the 19th century onwards by following the pioneering doctors in this discipline, their personalities, achievements and scientific breakthroughs.

List of Plates
Preface
1 'Tropical' Disease in England Before 1900
2 Disease in the Tropics and the British Pioneers
3 The Seamen's Hospital Society
4 Emergence of Dr Patrick Manson on the London Medical Science
5 The Manson - Chamberlain Collaboration
6 A Controversial Beginning for the New Discipline: A Major Dispute Within the Medical Establishment
7 Foundation of the London School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and a 'Rival' Institution at Liverpool
8 The Albert Dock Years: 1899 - 1920
9 Removal to Central London
10 The London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, and the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases
11 The Second World War (1939-1945) - and after
12 Removal to Old St Pancras; the Itinerant Saga Continues
Appendix I
Appendix II
References
Index

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