Manson

Manson definition - medical

Man·son (mănˈsən), Sir Patrick 1844-1922.

Scottish parasitologist. One of the founders (1899) of the London School of Tropical Medicine, he introduced (1877) the hypothesis that the mosquito is host to the malaria parasite.

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