The Seamen's Hospital Society: a progenitor of the tropical institutions

Authors
Cook, GC
Citation
Gc. Cook, The Seamen's Hospital Society: a progenitor of the tropical institutions, POSTG MED J, 75(890), 1999, pp. 715-717
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00325473 → ACNP
Volume
75
Issue
890
Year of publication
1999
Pages
715 - 717
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(199912)75:890<715:TSHSAP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
1999 marks the centenary of the two major British Schools of Tropical Medic ine, founded in London and Liverpool, respectively. The origin(s) of the fo rmer clearly Lies in the Seamen's Hospital Society, which dates from 1821. It seems Likely that the foundation of this school (with Government support ) also acted as a catalyst for the school at Liverpool, which in fact opene d its doors a few months before that in London.