Patrick Manson had been born to a family of high class, and his childhood was filled with higher wealth activities such as natural history, fishing, shooting, carpentry, mechanics, and cricket. His mother was a descendant of David Livingstone, a Christian-missionary explorer. His father was the manager of a British Linen Bank. Manson was the second son of seven children, three boys and two girls. At the age of five he was well known for memorizing lengthy Bible verses during the sermon that was being given. Even at an early age he was showing off his mind.
Though he was mainly known for his discoveries in his field of parasitology he didn’t actually start anywhere near that. He wasn’t actually a part of science at all. He first went to a gymnasium school which didn’t last long. He then started an apprenticeship in iron works otherwise known as blacksmithing in 1859. Manson’s plan was to keep his apprenticeship until it became his full time job. What he wasn’t expecting was that he developed a spinal condition, a type of tuberculosis called Pott’s Disease from working the same as the more veteran blacksmiths. Manson could no longer continue his work and by 1860 he began attending the University of Aberdeen. …show more content…
He started taking a medicine course which took him five years to complete. In 1865 he had completed his classes but at the age of 19 he was too young to graduate so he had to wait. He visited hospitals, medical schools, and museums to strengthen his knowledge of the subject and surround himself with his career at an early age. When he finally could graduate he did so officially in the month of October in 1865.
Patrick Manson first worked at an asylum as a Medical Officer for seven months. Throughout his first major career he completed 17 after death dissections of patients with psychiatric illnesses. He received the degrees of Master of Surgery, Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Law in 1866 and at that he ended his career of researching psychiatric illnesses at Durham Lunatic Asylum. He then began to travel around the world and continue his work.
He traveled like this mainly from the inspiration of his older brother, David Manson. David was also interested in the scientific field. He worked in Shanghai in medical service, to join a medical officer post in Taiwan. Patrick Manson also travelled to Taiwan in 1866 to become a medical officer to the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs. Here he researched tropical medicine which wasn’t his official duty though. He was mainly involved in inspecting ships docked at the port, checking their crews and keeping the meteorological record. He was well liked and quite popular among the native Chinese that he knew, he took up learning Mandarin and was welcomed by them. However, due to rising issues between China and Japan over who actually owned this island, he was told by the British Consul to leave. After 5 years in Taiwan, he was moved to Amoy, on the Chinese coast where he worked for 13 more years. Again he served the local Chinese patients at the Baptist Missionary Society's Hospital and Dispensary for the Chinese. His brother David joined alongside him for 2 years as well. Some of Manson’s most memorable research was when he was researching filaria which is a small worm that causes elephantiasis. Elephantiasis is when the lymphatic vessels in a limb such as an arm or a leg to becomes blocked causing large swelling which makes the
Though he was mainly known for his discoveries in his field of parasitology he didn’t actually start anywhere near that. He wasn’t actually a part of science at all. He first went to a gymnasium school which didn’t last long. He then started an apprenticeship in iron works otherwise known as blacksmithing in 1859. Manson’s plan was to keep his apprenticeship until it became his full time job. What he wasn’t expecting was that he developed a spinal condition, a type of tuberculosis called Pott’s Disease from working the same as the more veteran blacksmiths. Manson could no longer continue his work and by 1860 he began attending the University of Aberdeen. …show more content…
He started taking a medicine course which took him five years to complete. In 1865 he had completed his classes but at the age of 19 he was too young to graduate so he had to wait. He visited hospitals, medical schools, and museums to strengthen his knowledge of the subject and surround himself with his career at an early age. When he finally could graduate he did so officially in the month of October in 1865.
Patrick Manson first worked at an asylum as a Medical Officer for seven months. Throughout his first major career he completed 17 after death dissections of patients with psychiatric illnesses. He received the degrees of Master of Surgery, Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Law in 1866 and at that he ended his career of researching psychiatric illnesses at Durham Lunatic Asylum. He then began to travel around the world and continue his work.
He traveled like this mainly from the inspiration of his older brother, David Manson. David was also interested in the scientific field. He worked in Shanghai in medical service, to join a medical officer post in Taiwan. Patrick Manson also travelled to Taiwan in 1866 to become a medical officer to the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs. Here he researched tropical medicine which wasn’t his official duty though. He was mainly involved in inspecting ships docked at the port, checking their crews and keeping the meteorological record. He was well liked and quite popular among the native Chinese that he knew, he took up learning Mandarin and was welcomed by them. However, due to rising issues between China and Japan over who actually owned this island, he was told by the British Consul to leave. After 5 years in Taiwan, he was moved to Amoy, on the Chinese coast where he worked for 13 more years. Again he served the local Chinese patients at the Baptist Missionary Society's Hospital and Dispensary for the Chinese. His brother David joined alongside him for 2 years as well. Some of Manson’s most memorable research was when he was researching filaria which is a small worm that causes elephantiasis. Elephantiasis is when the lymphatic vessels in a limb such as an arm or a leg to becomes blocked causing large swelling which makes the