LEISHMAN, Sir William Boog (1865 – 1926)

1900 CE

#5039

Remarks on the results which have been obtained by the antityphoid inoculations.

The active inoculation of man against typhoid was first performed by Wright in 1896. For a preliminary note see Lancet, 1896, 2, 807.

1901 CE

#5253

Note on a simple and rapid method of producing Romanowsky staining in malarial and other blood films.

“Leishman’s stain”, a modification of that introduced by Romanovsky in 1891.

1903 CE

#5295

On the possibility of the occurrence of trypanosomiasis in India.

An organism found by Leishman in 1900 was later described by him as possibly a trypanosome. C. Donovan found the same organism in blood in July 1903. The name Leishmania donovani (Leishman-Donovan bodies) was later at…

1904 CE

#5298

Note on the nature of the parasitic bodies found in tropical splenomegaly.