VOR Geneeskunde

What does ‘Tropical Medicine’ stand for today?

1st Edition

By Martin Grobusch
October 01, 2025

‘The Tropics’ in geographical and astronomical terms simply refers to the area between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer; Tropical Medicine as a discipline, however, whose origins date back at least to the age of exploration, remains ill-defined and encompasses a wealth of different medical ...