出版社：International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System
摘要：The purpose of this article is to present in brief the life and scientific work of Sir William Boog Leishman and to point out his contribution in medical microbio logy. Leishman served the Royal Army Medical Corps until 1890 on home stations and was afterwards sent to India, where he served until 1897, where he probably acquired his interest in tropical diseases and microbiology. Original manuscripts of Leishman were carefully studied, as well as contemporary reviews articles, biographies; a detailed PubMed search was also conducted. We were able to identify Leishmans most important contributions in the pathology and bacteriology, inclu ding his work on vaccination against typhoid. His work on Leishman-Donovan bodies and the protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani, which causes the disease (Leishmania), also set the basis of modern microbiology. Undoubtedly, William Boog Leishman is to be considered as one of the most prestigious and eminent scientists of the British Medical school during the 19th century.
