From the Greenwich Hulks to Old St Pancras

G.C. Cook is a medical historian and former Professor of Medicine at universities throughout Africa.

• List of PlatesPreface1 'Tropical' Disease in England Before 19002 Disease in the Tropics and the British Pioneers3 The Seamen's Hospital Society4 Emergence of Dr Patrick Manson on the London Medical Science5 The Manson - Chamberlain Collaboration6 A Controversial Beginning for the New Discipline: A Major Dispute Within the Medical Establishment7 Foundation of the London School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and a 'Rival' Institution at Liverpool8 The Albert Dock Years: 1899 - 19209 Removal to Central London10 The London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, and the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases11 The Second World War (1939-1945) - and after12 Removal to Old St Pancras; the Itinerant Saga ContinuesAppendix IAppendix IIReferencesIndex