An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

ROGERS, Sir Leonard

2 entries
  • 5299

Note on the occurrence of Leishman–Donovan bodies in “cachexial fevers” including kala-azar.

Brit. med. J., 1, 1249-51, 1904.

Rogers demonstrated the Leishman–Donovan bodies in kala-azar. See also the same journal, 1904, 2, 645-50. At about the same time Bentley reported similar findings in India.



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Sandfly-Borne Diseases › Leishmaniasis, Latin American Medicine, PARASITOLOGY, TROPICAL Medicine
  • 5190

The rapid cure of amoebic dysentery and hepatitis by hypodermic injections of soluble salts of emetine.

Brit. med. J., 1, 1424-25, 1912.

Following up the work of Vedder, Rogers showed that the soluble salts of emetine could be safely injected subcutaneously. The general use of emetine, introduced by Rogers, diminished the incidence of liver abscess – a grave sequel.



Subjects: HEPATOLOGY › Diseases of the Liver, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Amoebiasis, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Hepatitis