18 Facts About Philip Manson-Bahr

Philip Manson-Bahr changed his birth name to Manson-Bahr after marrying Edith Margaret Manson, daughter of the doyen of tropical medicine Sir Patrick Manson.

Philip Manson-Bahr had two sisters, Caroline Louisa Sophia Bahr, who was a one-year senior, and Sophie Catharine Bahr, six years his junior.

Philip Manson-Bahr began his schooling at the Queenbank Preparatory School in Liverpool, and continued at Rugby School in Warwickshire.

Philip Manson-Bahr entered Trinity College, Cambridge and studied the Natural Sciences Tripos, with zoology as his main course.

Philip Manson-Bahr was enrolled in the British Ornithologists' Union in 1904.

Philip Manson-Bahr took up undergraduate medical training at the London Hospital, and earned his degree in 1907.

Philip Manson-Bahr worked out the transmission of a filarial worm, which he even demonstrated by infecting himself.

Philip Manson-Bahr demonstrated that the mosquito Aedes pseudoscutellaris was the vector of the parasite in Fiji.

Philip Manson-Bahr identified Shigella shigae, a bacterium that causes severe dysentery called shigellosis.

Philip Manson-Bahr served in the British Army in Egypt, Palestine and the Dardanelles during World War I Philip Manson-Bahr was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1917 for his service.

Philip Manson-Bahr was much involved in eradication of cholera outbreak in Egypt in 1918 and pellagra among prisoners of war.

Philip Manson-Bahr was a lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Philip Manson-Bahr remained as Consultant Physician to the Colonial Office and the Crown Agents from 1927 to 1947.

Philip Manson-Bahr is credited with unravelling the mystery of how the Common snipe creates its drumming sound which is unlike other birdsong.

Philip Manson-Bahr worked out that the sound was created by placing out two tail feathers at 90 degrees to the direction of flight.

Philip Manson-Bahr demonstrated this in front of the British Ornithologists Union by inserting two snipe feathers into a cork which he then whirled around his head on a string.

Philip Manson-Bahr edited Manson's Tropical Diseases from the seventh edition in 1921 through 15th edition in 1960.

Philip Manson-Bahr married Edith Margaret Manson, daughter of Patrick Manson, from whom he adopted his surname.