Direct link to ImageShareConceptually similarSPLSir William Boog Leishman, British bacteriologistSS2509118SP0637SPLLeishmania protozoaSS2127256SB4487BRIAN EVANSLeishmaniasisSS2246754BH5111SPLVisceral leishmaniasisSS2123110SB0341SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYDoctor examining a visceral leishmaniasis patientSS21312428SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYLeishmania parasites, illustrationSS21389731SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYLeishmania parasites, illustrationSS21389732JAMES CAVALLINILeishmaniasisSS2577493BY6669JAMES CAVALLINILeishmaniasisSS2577494BY6670View AllWilliam Boog Leishman, Scottish PathologistLicense type:Rights ManagedUnique identifier:SS2506001Legacy Identifier:BU6164Description:William Boog Leishman (1865-1926) was a Scottish pathologist and British Army medical officer. He was Director-General of Army Medical Services from 1923 to 1926. In 1900 he described a method of staining blood for malaria and other parasites using a compound of Methylene Blue and eosin, which became known as Leishman's stain. In 1901, while examining pathologic specimens of a spleen from a patient who had died of kala azar (second-largest parasitic killer in the world), he observed oval bodies and published his account in 1903. Charles Donovan of the Indian Medical Service found such bodies in other kala azar patients, and they are now known as Leishman-Donovan bodies, and recognized as the protozoan which causes kala azar, Leishmania donovani. After a remarkable career and died in London, aged 60.Credit:NLM/Science SourceSize:2700px × 3703px (~28 MB)Get PricingHow Will The Visual Be Used?Keywords:1865-1900-1901-1903-1923-1926-1926-20th century-army-army medical services-black fever-blood stain-bw-director-general-dumdum fever-english-famous-history-kala azar-leishman-leishman-donovan bodies-leishmania donovani-leishmaniasis-leishmans stain-leishman's stain-lieutenant-general-male-man-military-officer-parasitic disease-parasitic killers-pathologic specimens-pathologyist-person-personality-photo-portrait-Science-scottish-sir-staining method-visceral leishmaniasis-w. leishman-w.b. leishman-william b. leishman-william boog leishman-william leishmanModel release:Not releasedParent folder:16655
