The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) was founded in 1907 by Mr. (later Sir) James Cantlie and Dr. George Carmichael Low.The objectives of the Society were originally to study and discuss diseases met with in tropical countries. Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... George de Carmichel or simply George Carmichael was a 15th century bishop-elect of Glasgow. ...

Today the RSTMH is a multi-disciplinary Society which deals with international health as well as classic tropical diseases.

See also

• Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine
• Tropical medicine

Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine; (Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin) is a medical institution based in Hamburg, Germany which is dedicated to research, treatment, training and therapy of tropical and infectious diseases, (including HIV). ... The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), England, was founded on 12 November 1898, by a donation from Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, a Liverpool Shipowner. ... The Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine or Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) is located in Antwerp, Belgium (ITM). ... Tropical medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with health problems that either occur uniquely in tropical and subtropical regions or are either more widespread in the tropics or more difficult to prevent or control. ...

External links

• RSTMH website

It is also a professional body in united Kingdom.