Foundation of the Society. The Society established and Manson¿s presidency ¿ 1907-9. Ross¿s presidency: ¿from a very tender plant to a very vigorous tree¿ ¿ 1909-11. The pre-war years (1911-14) and the Royal Society of Medicine¿s attempt to absorb the STMH. The Society during the Great War (1914-18). Early inter-war years (1919-20) ¿ the Society becomes Royal. The 1920s: consolidation of the Society, but still no permanent base, and an unfortunate episode involving the Colonial Office. George Carmichael Low¿s presidency and removal to Manson House - 1929-33.

The mid-1930s: the Society safely installed in its own house. The pre-World War II years. The Society during World War II (1939-45), and the future of clinical tropical medicine. The early post-war years - 1946-50. Completion of the Society¿s first half-century ¿ in 1957. Epilogue to the Society¿s first half-century ¿ 1907-57.