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William Boog Leishman

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A memorial fund was instituted by subscriptions raised in memory of him and the Leishman Memorial Prize is now awarded annually for work in any branch of medicine, surgery, allied sciences or general duties of the RAMC or RADC.
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of the Indian Medical Service independently found such bodies in other kala azar patients, and they are now known as
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Foreign recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
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Leishman's name was engraved into the history of parasitology by Sir
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in 1897. In 1900 he was made Assistant Professor of Pathology in the
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Presidents of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
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from a patient who had died of kala azar (now called "
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The Royal Society: i–xxvii. 2 April 1928. 425:Leishman also helped elucidate the life cycle of 635: 471:London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 283:, 6 November 1865 – 2 June 1926) was a Scottish 350:, and described a method of staining blood for 469:Leishman's name features on the Frieze of the 448:Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 684:People educated at Westminster School, London 557: 709:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath 53: 583: 534: 450:in 1911–1912 and Director General of the 293:Director-General of Army Medical Services 198:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath 302: 636: 174:Director General Army Medical Services 457:He is buried on the eastern side of 679:Alumni of the University of Glasgow 439:, helped develop an effective anti- 13: 664:Scottish military medical officers 522:Proceedings of the Royal Society B 14: 750: 699:Royal Army Medical Corps officers 307:Grave of Sir William Leishman in 689:British Army lieutenant generals 256: 220:Army Distinguished Service Medal 138: 118: 734:Military personnel from Glasgow 669:20th-century Scottish inventors 560:"History of Human Parasitology" 600: 551: 509: 464: 1: 576:10.1128/CMR.15.4.595-612.2002 558:Cox F. E. G. (October 2002). 502: 704:Fellows of the Royal Society 694:Burials at Highgate Cemetery 654:Medical doctors from Glasgow 298: 7: 480: 334:, where he did research on 10: 755: 232:Sir William Boog Leishman 193: 179: 169: 159: 151: 131: 113: 101: 84: 64: 59:Sir William Boog Leishman 52: 23: 659:Scottish parasitologists 446:He was president of the 397:) and recognized as the 370:, which became known as 328:Royal Army Medical Corps 291:medical officer. He was 401:that causes kala azar, 395:Klebsiella granulomatis 391:Leishman–Donovan bodies 210:Mentioned in Despatches 536:10.1098/rspb.1928.0019 383:visceral leishmaniasis 311: 674:Scottish pathologists 452:Army Medical Services 324:University of Glasgow 314:Leishman was born in 306: 152:Years of service 31:William Boog Leishman 362:using a compound of 16:British Army general 618:on 22 February 2017 608:"Behind the Frieze" 454:from 1923 to 1926. 428:Spirochaeta duttoni 403:Leishmania donovani 348:Army Medical School 295:from 1923 to 1926. 184:North-West Frontier 564:Clin Microbiol Rev 433:African tick fever 320:Westminster School 312: 229:Lieutenant-General 164:Lieutenant-General 459:Highgate Cemetery 360:Romanowsky method 309:Highgate Cemetery 226: 225: 107:Highgate Cemetery 746: 719:Knights Bachelor 628: 627: 625: 623: 614:. 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Sir
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Glasgow
London
Highgate Cemetery
United Kingdom
British Army
Lieutenant-General
Director General Army Medical Services
North-West Frontier
First World War
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Bachelor
Mentioned in Despatches
Legion of Honour
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Lieutenant-General
KCB
KCMG
FRS
/ˈlʃmən/
pathologist
British Army
Director-General of Army Medical Services

Highgate Cemetery

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