biography
| name: |
Leishman, Sir William Boog
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pronunciation:
[leeshman]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1865–1926)
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| biography:
| Bacteriologist, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He became professor of pathology in the Army Medical College, and director-general of the Army Medical Service (1923). He discovered an effective vaccine for inoculation against typhoid, and was the first to discover the parasite that causes kala-azar, a form of the disease leishmaniasis, which is named after him. |
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