Ronald Ross
Ronald Ross, KB, ( born May 13, 1857 in Almora, India, † September 16, 1932 in Putney Heath, now London ) was an English physician and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( 1902).
The main interest of Ronald Ross was the discovery of opportunities for prevention against the tropical disease malaria in different parts of the world. For this, he traveled to different places, including West Africa, the region around the Suez Canal, Greece, Mauritius, Cyprus and the battlefields of the First World 1914 war until 1918. He made many discoveries about the epidemiology of malaria and the possibilities of protection and of care. His greatest achievements were the discovery of the route of infection of malaria by mosquitoes and identification of malaria mosquitoes. In addition, he developed from his observations a mathematical model to study the spread of malaria. This has become known as Pathometrie models are still the basis for the understanding of epidemics originating from insects. His work brought him next to the Nobel Prize for Medicine in a many other honors.
Life
On May 13, 1857, Ross was born as the son of the English general CCG Ross in Almora in India. In 1875, he began his medical studies at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London.
In 1881 he joined the Indian Medical Service. In 1892 he began his work with the tropical disease malaria. In 1894 he developed an experiment to confirm the hypothesis of his colleagues Alphonse Laveran and Patrick Manson that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes. After two and a half years with no results, he was able to demonstrate the life cycle of the malaria parasite in the mosquito. In 1897 he was able to identify the mosquito Anopheles as vectors for the disease.
In 1899 he moved to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine under the direction of Sir Alfred Jones. He began his work at the Institute with a trip to West Africa.
From 1902 to 1912 he occupied the post of professor of tropical medicine at the School of Tropical Medicine, which was created in honor of the conductor Sir Alfred Jones.
From 1912 to 1917 Ross was professor of Tropical Diseases at King's College in London and at the same time occupied the position as Professor of Tropical Nursing in Liverpool. In 1917 he became a consultant for malaria diseases of the War Office. 1926 Ross was given the post of Director General of the Ross Institute and Hospital of Tropical Diseases and Hygiene.
Ronald Ross married Rosa Bessie Bloxam in 1889, which 1931 died one year before him. They had two sons and two daughters. In 1932, he died on September 16 after a long illness in the Ross Institute in Putney Heath.