Philip Manson-Bahr

Philip Henry Manson-Bahr
Born (1881-11-26)26 November 1881
Wavertree, Liverpool, England
Died 19 November 1966(1966-11-19) (aged 84)
Kent
Other names Philip Henry Bahr
Nationality British
Fields Zoology, tropical medicine
Institutions Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital
Hospital for Tropical Diseases
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Spouse Edith Margaret Manson (m. 1909–48)
Edith Mary Grossmith (m. 1950)
Children 2 sons and 3 daughters

Sir Philip Henry (or Heinrich) Manson-Bahr, MA Cantab, MB BChir, MD, MRCP, FRCP (born Philip Henry Bahr, 26 November 1881 - 19 November 1966) was an English zoologist and physician known for his contributions to tropical medicine.[1][2][3][4] He changed his birth name to Manson-Bahr after marrying Edith Margaret Manson, daughter of the doyen of tropical medicine Sir Patrick Manson. Following his father-in-law, he devoted much of his career to tropical medicine. He was a Consulting Physician, and held high offices at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and at the London Hospital. He was knighted in 1941.[5]

Early life and education

Manson-Bahr was born at Wavertree, Liverpool, to Louis Friedrich Bahr and Emily Louisa Blessig. He had two sisters, Caroline Louisa Sophia Bahr, who was a one-year senior, and Sophie Catharine Bahr, six years his junior. Originally from the Province of Hanover, Germany, his father moved to Liverpool as a business partner of Anthony & Bernard Schroeder & Co, merchants and brokers. His father eventually became a Vice-Consul for German Empire at Liverpool in 1874,[6] a naturalised British citizen in 1877, and German Consul during 1883-1906. His family lived in a house called Rockville.[7] He began his schooling at the Queenbank Preparatory School in Liverpool, and continued at Rugby School in Warwickshire. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge and studied the Natural Sciences Tripos, with zoology as his main course. Professor Alfred Newton became a major influence on his life-long interest in ornithology. He was enrolled in the British Ornithologists’ Union in 1904. He took up undergraduate medical training at the London Hospital, and earned his degree in 1907. In 1908, he qualified the full MB BChir degree from Cambridge University.[4]

Career

With his medical degee in 1907, Manson-Bahr earned membership of the Royal College of Surgeons, and was appointed house physician of the hospital. In 1909, he led Stanley Research Expedition to Fiji to investigate dysentery and filariasis. He worked out the transmission of a filarial worm (Wuchereria species), which he even demonstrated by infecting himself. He demonstrated that the mosquito Aedes pseudoscutellaris was the vector of the parasite in Fiji. He also identified Shigella shigae (now Shigella dysenteriae), a bacterium that causes severe dysentery called shigellosis. In 1912 he spent 14 months in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) upon an invitation by Tea Planter's Association to investigate tropical sprue. Other physicians had reported that the causative agent was bacterial species.[8] But he correctly identified it as a pathogenic yeast Molinia candida (now Candida albicans).[9] He served in the British Army in Egypt, Palestine and the Dardanelles during World War I. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1917 for his service. He was much involved in eradication of cholera outbreak in Egypt in 1918 and pellagra among prisoners of war. After the war ended in 1919, he joined the Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital and then transferred to the Hospital for the London School of Tropical Medicine. He was also a lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He remained as Consultant Physician to the Colonial Office and the Crown Agents from 1927 to 1947. Between 1937 and 1947 he also served as Director of the Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine.[4]

Manson's Tropical Diseases and change of name

Manson-Bahr edited Manson's Tropical Diseases from the seventh edition in 1921 through 15th edition in 1960. (Originally titled Tropical Diseases: A Manual of Diseases of Warm Climate, a standard textbook in tropical medicine,[10] it is still in print, and as of 2014, running its 23rd edition.)[11] It was from this contribution that he was asked by Sir Patrick Manson to change his name.[4]

Personal life

Manson-Bahr married Edith Margaret Manson (1879–1948), daughter of Patrick Manson, from whom he adopted his surname. They met when he joined the London Hospital as house physician in 1907. They got married in 1909 in London. They had five children:

  1. Patricia Emily Manson-Bahr (b. 1910)
  2. Philip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr, MD, (b. 1911), a respected Specialist Physician in Colonial Medical Service, East Africa and Fiji; served as Lt. Col. of the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War II; and later Professor of Tropical Medicine at New Orleans Hospital, USA.
  3. Elizabeth Mary Manson-Bahr (b. 1913)
  4. David Hugh Manson-Bahr, MB, (b. 1916)
  5. Mary Manson-Bahr (b. 1921)

After the death of Edith Margaret, Manson-Bahr married Edith Mary Grossmith in 1950.[7] They lived in Edenbridge in Kent, where he spent much of his last days hunting.[5]

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ Chesterman, CC (1967). "Sir Philip Manson-Bahr.". London Clinic Medical Journal 8 (1): 55–56. PMID 5341028.
  2. ↑ "Obituary: Philip Henry Manson-Bahr". The Lancet 2 (7474): 1198–1199. 1966. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(66)90528-9. PMID 4162555.
  3. ↑ "Sir Philip Manson-Bahr". The Journal of Tropical and Medical Hygiene 69 (1): 274. 1966. PMID 5333517.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Sir Philip Henry Manson-Bahr". Lives of the fellows : Munk's Roll : Volume VI. Royal College of Physicians of London. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Obituary Notices: Sir Philip Manson-Bahr, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., D.T.M.&H.". British Medical Journal 2 (5525): 1332–1334. 1966. PMC 1944321. PMID 5332525.
  6. ↑ Walker, T. (1879). Bulletins and Other State Intelligence. St. Martin's Lane, London: London Gazette Office. p. 84.
  7. 1 2 "A History of the Blessig Family" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Frater, Alexander (2011). ales from the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics. Pan Macmillan. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-3305-4208-1.
  9. ↑ Turell, Robert (1942). "Diseases of anorectum and colon review of certain recent contributions". The American Journal of Digestive Diseases 9 (8): 248–261. doi:10.1007/BF02996957.
  10. ↑ Crichton-Harris, Ann (2009). Poison in Small Measure: Dr. Christopherson and the Cure for Bilharzia. Leiden: Brill. p. 6. ISBN 9789004175419.
  11. ↑ Farrar, Jeremy; Hotez, Peter; Junghanss, Thomas; Kang, Gagandeep; Lalloo, David; White, Nicholas J. (2013). Manson's Tropical Diseases (23 ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7020-5101-2.
  12. ↑ Poynter, F.N.L. (1970). "A Bibliography of Sir Philip Manson-Bahr, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.D., F.R.C.P". Medical History 14 (4): 423. doi:10.1017/s0025727300016021. PMC 1034105.

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