Gordon C Cook

Twenty-Six Portland Place

The Early Years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Twenty-Six Portland Place is a ground-breaking exploration of the early years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, from its foundation in 1907 to its half-century in 1957

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 606
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 980g
• ISBN-13: 9781138117648
• ISBN-10: 1138117641
• Artikelnr.: 56875849

Autorenporträt

Gordon C. Cook

Inhaltsangabe

Foundation of the Society. The Society established and Manson's presidency
1907
9. Ross's presidency: 'from a very tender plant to a very vigorous tree'
1909
11. The pre
war years (1911
14) and the Royal Society of Medicine's attempt to absorb the STMH. The Society during the Great War (1914
18). Early inter
war years (1919
20)
the Society becomes Royal. The 1920s: consolidation of the Society, but still no permanent base, and an unfortunate episode involving the Colonial Office. George Carmichael Low's presidency and removal to Manson House
1929
33. The mid
1930s: the Society safely installed in its own house. The pre
World War II years. The Society during World War II (1939
45), and the future of clinical tropical medicine. The early post
war years
1946
50. Completion of the Society's first half
century
in 1957. Epilogue to the Society's first half
century
1907
57.