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Tropical Medicine and the North East: Manson, Cantlie and Red Squirrels

18th September 2025

Cairns Smith

The college of medicine in Hong Kong was founded in 1888 by Patrick Manson from Old Meldrum and James Cantlie from Banff. Manson is known as the father of tropical medicine and also founded the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Cantlie helped save Sun Yat Sen from kidnapping and wrote on leprosy in Asia.