William Boog Leishman
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Lieutenant-General Sir William Boog Leishman, was a Scottish pathologist and British Army medical officer. He was Director-General of Army Medical Services from 1923 to 1926.
Sir William Boog Leishman. Photomechanical print by after Ba Wellcome V0026696
Grave of Sir William Leishman in Highgate Cemetery
Leishmania
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Leishmania is a genus of parasitic protozoans, single-celled eukaryotic organisms of the trypanosomatid group that are responsible for the disease leishmaniasis. The parasites are transmitted by sandf
William Boog Leishman
…history of parasitology by Sir Ronald Ross, who was impressed by Leishman's work and classified the etiologic agent of kala azar into the separate genus Leishmania. The parasitic organisms from this genus were described earlier by Peter Borovsky in 1892. Leishman also helped elucidate the life cycle of Spirochaeta…
L. infantum amastigote forms
Leishmania tropica