Patrick Manson

==In China==

==In China==

[[File:Patrick Manson3.jpg|thumb|left|Patrick Manson]]

[[File:Patrick Manson3.jpg|thumb|left|Patrick Manson]]

Patrick Manson was inspired by his elder brother, David Manson, who worked in [[Shanghai]] in medical service, to join medical officer post in the Customs Service of Formosa (now [[Taiwan]]). Manson traveled to Formosa in 1866 as a medical officer to the [[Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs]], where he started a long career in the research of tropical medicine. His official daily duty involved inspecting ships docked at the port, check their crews and keep the [[meteorological]] record. He also attended to Chinese patients in a local missionary hospital where he was exposed to a wide variety of tropical diseases for his postgraduate training without any supervision. His only research tool was a combination of clinical skill, hand lens and good record keeping. He was in good terms with the native Chinese, learning [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] and befriending them. However, due to political conflict between China and Japan over the occupation of the island, he was advised by the British Consul to leave. After 5 years in Formosa, he was transferred to [[Amoy]], on the Chinese coast where he worked for another 13 years. Once again he again served the local Chinese patients at the [[Baptist Missionary Society]]'s Hospital and Dispensary for the Chinese. His brother David joined him for 2 years.{{cite web|title=Patrick Manson Biography (1884–1922)|url=http://www.faqs.org/health/bios/50/Patrick-Manson.html|work=www.faqs.org|publisher=Advameg, Inc.|access-date=3 February 2014}}{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: A medical pioneer's fledgling days in Formosa |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2024/04/07/2003816054 |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=7 April 2024}}

Patrick Manson was inspired by his elder brother, David Manson, who worked in [[Shanghai]] in medical service, to join medical officer post in the Customs Service of Formosa (now [[Taiwan]]). Manson traveled to Formosa in 1866 as a medical officer to the [[Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs]], where he started a long career in the research of tropical medicine. His official daily duty involved inspecting ships docked at the port, checking their crews and keeping the [[meteorological]] record. He also attended to Chinese patients in a local missionary hospital where he was exposed to a wide variety of tropical diseases for his postgraduate training without any supervision. His only research tool was a combination of clinical skill, hand lens and good record keeping. He was in good terms with the native Chinese, learning [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] and befriending them. However, due to political conflict between China and Japan over the occupation of the island, he was advised by the British Consul to leave. After 5 years in Formosa, he was transferred to [[Amoy]], on the Chinese coast where he worked for another 13 years. Once again he again served the local Chinese patients at the [[Baptist Missionary Society]]'s Hospital and Dispensary for the Chinese. His brother David joined him for 2 years.{{cite web|title=Patrick Manson Biography (1884–1922)|url=http://www.faqs.org/health/bios/50/Patrick-Manson.html|work=www.faqs.org|publisher=Advameg, Inc.|access-date=3 February 2014}}{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: A medical pioneer's fledgling days in Formosa |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2024/04/07/2003816054 |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=7 April 2024}}

===Discovery===

===Discovery===