Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Laboratory at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at Albert Dock Hospital (Seamen's Hospital Society.) 1910.

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ( RSTMH ) is a British organization founded in 1907 by James Cantlie and George Carmichael Low for the research and discussion of diseases in tropical regions. The father of [British] tropical medicine , Patrick Manson, was elected as the first president . The predicate Royal society was (royal) by King in 1920 George V awarded.

aims

In the mission it has set itself, the RSTMH undertakes to research, control and prevent diseases of humans and animals in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In doing so, the company takes on a leading role worldwide in raising awareness of tropical medicine and international health issues. Fellows of the society participate in training, education and information exchange with and between clinical practitioners, health researchers, NGOs, students and across all disciplines in the broad field of tropical medicine and international health.

History of the company

The idea to found the company was born in December 1906. After seeing a patient with Cantlie, Low asked his colleague what he would think of a tropical medicine society. Cantlie noted that such a company was imperative. He suggested the establishment of such a society as early as 1899 when the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was founded, but gave it up again due to a lack of support.

The two sought support from Patrick Manson, FM Sandwith, CW Daniels, and others, while Cantlie sought to get the military and navy interested in the idea. Despite initial concerns, a meeting was arranged and the formation of the company took shape. Patrick Manson became the first president.

Just two years after it was founded, in 1909, Ronald Ross took over the management. Ross had made a name for himself by exposing the role mosquitoes played in the transmission of malaria. For this achievement he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902 . He held the presidency until 1911.

In 1920 King George V gave permission to use the prefix "Royal". Today Queen Elizabeth II is the Society's patroness and the Princess Royal is an Honorary Fellow.

Society's magazines

The RSTMH publishes two peer-reviewed journals, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and International Health .

Awards given by the company

RSTMH awards the Chalmers Medal and the Donald Mackay Medal. The Manson medals, the George MacDonald medal and the Sir Rickard Christophers medal every three years are awarded annually.

Five special century medals were awarded in 1907, two of which were for the life's work of the laureates and three for special achievements by those under 45.

Chalmers Medal (obverse)
Chalmers Medal (back)

President of the Society

Surname	from	to	Remarks
Patrick Manson	49070000 ♠1907	49090000 ♠1909	Manson is considered the father of British tropical medicine.
Ronald Ross	49090000 ♠1909	49110000 ♠1911
William Leishman	49110000 ♠1911	49130000 ♠1913
R. Havelock Charles	49130000 ♠1913	49150000 ♠1915
Fleming M. Sandwith	49150000 ♠1915	49170000 ♠1917
David Bruce	49170000 ♠1917	49190000 ♠1919
William John Ritchie Simpson	49190000 ♠1919	49210000 ♠1921
James Cantlie	49210000 ♠1921	49230000 ♠1923
Percy W. Bassett-Smith	49230000 ♠1923	49020000 ♠1902
Andrew Balfour	49250000 ♠1925	49270000 ♠1927
John William Watson Stephens	49270000 ♠1927	49290000 ♠1929
George Carmichael Low	49290000 ♠1929	49330000 ♠1933
Leonard Rogers	49330000 ♠1933	49350000 ♠1935
Arthur Bagshawe	49350000 ♠1935	49370000 ♠1937
Sydney Price James	49370000 ♠1937	49390000 ♠1939
S. Rickard Christophers	49390000 ♠1939	49430000 ♠1943
Henry Harold Scott	49430000 ♠1943	49450000 ♠1945
C. Morley Wenyon	49470000 ♠1947	49450000 ♠1945
Philip H. Manson-Bahr	49490000 ♠1949	49470000 ♠1947
Henry Edward Shortt	49490000 ♠1949	49510000 ♠1951
Neil Hamilton Fairley	49510000 ♠1951	49530000 ♠1953
F. Norman White	49530000 ♠1953	49550000 ♠1955
Rupert M. Gordon	49550000 ♠1955	49570000 ♠1957
John SK Boyd	49570000 ♠1957	49590000 ♠1959
William MacArthur	49590000 ♠1959	49610000 ♠1961
George McRobert	49610000 ♠1961	49630000 ♠1963
Charles Wilcocks	49630000 ♠1963	49650000 ♠1965
George MacDonald	49650000 ♠1965	49670000 ♠1967
Cyril Garnham	49670000 ♠1967	49690000 ♠1969
Brian Gilmore Maegraith	49690000 ♠1969	49710000 ♠1971
Robert Drew	49710000 ♠1971	49730000 ♠1973
Alan W. Woodruff	49730000 ♠1973	49750000 ♠1975
CE Gordon Smith	49750000 ♠1975	49770000 ♠1977
Stanley George Browne	49770000 ♠1977	49790000 ♠1979
Leonard Goodwin	49790000 ♠1979	49810000 ♠1981
Antony J. Duggan	49810000 ♠1981	49830000 ♠1983
Ian A. McGregor	49830000 ♠1983	49850000 ♠1985
Herbert M. Gilles	49850000 ♠1985	49870000 ♠1987
Wallace Peters	49870000 ♠1987	49890000 ♠1989
George S. Nelson	49890000 ♠1989	49910000 ♠1991
Peter O. Williams	49910000 ♠1991	49930000 ♠1993
Gordon C. Cook	49930000 ♠1993	49950000 ♠1995
George O. Cowan	49950000 ♠1995	49970000 ♠1997
David A. Warrell	49970000 ♠1997	49990000 ♠1999
David Bradley	49990000 ♠1999	50010000 ♠2001
Harold Townson	50010000 ♠2001	50030000 ♠2003
Andrew Tomkins	50030000 ♠2003	50050000 ♠2005
Brian M. Greenwood	50050000 ♠2005	50070000 ♠2007
David H. Molyneux	50070000 ♠2007	50090000 ♠2009
Hazel M. Dockrell	50090000 ♠2009	50110000 ♠2011
Peter Winstanley	50110000 ♠2011	50130000 ♠2013
Simon I. Hay	50130000 ♠2013	50160000 ♠2016
Simon Cathcart	50160000 ♠2016	50190000 ♠2019
Sarah Rowland-Jones	50190000 ♠2019	today

literature

About the company:

Gordon C. Cook (2019) Twenty-Six Portland Place: The Early Years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f About RSTMH. (PDF) In: Website of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, accessed November 1, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be Simon I. Hay and Gerri M. McHugh: Presidential addresses of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: 1907-2013. (EN) In: Oxford University Press website. Oxford University Press, October 1, 2013, accessed November 7, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h George Carmichael Low: The history of the foundation of the Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . In: Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . tape 22 , no. 2 , August 22, 1928, p. 197-202 , doi : 10.1016 / S0035-9203 (28) 90014-0 .

[RSTMH-Overview-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f About RSTMH. (PDF) In: Website of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, accessed November 1, 2019 .

[OxAcadem-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be Simon I. Hay and Gerri M. McHugh: Presidential addresses of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: 1907-2013. (EN) In: Oxford University Press website. Oxford University Press, October 1, 2013, accessed November 7, 2019 .

[Low1928-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h George Carmichael Low: The history of the foundation of the Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . In: Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . tape 22 , no. 2 , August 22, 1928, p. 197-202 , doi : 10.1016 / S0035-9203 (28) 90014-0 .