Leishman - Soldier and Scientist

John Alexander Sinton, V.C., F.R.S. Soldier, doctor and scientist.

already in print about a spirochaete isolated from a case of sandfly fever. FIG 1. John Alexander Sinton, v.c-, How right he was when two years later O.B.E., M.D. (honoris causa). D.S.C., F.RS., D.T.M. the virus aetiology of sandfly fever was Brigadier Indian Medical Service established. Some years before I had heard 2nd December, 1884 25th March, 1956 about John Sinton's bravery. In 1929 and 1...

Surgeon, Scientist, Soldier – The life and times of Henry Wade 1876-1955

In summary this is a fully comprehensive textbook covering all of the major orthopaedic and trauma topics, which would prove adequate throughout the orthopaedic trainee's career and beyond. In the context of what you get for the cost, it should be thought of as an inexpensive addition to the trainee's collection. Henry Wade is an apotheosis in British Surgery, becoming a famous and accomplished...

The Leishman-Donovan Body

Leishman-Donovan Infection in Europeans

Sir.?Major Childe's paper in the December issue of the Gazette might induce the belief that the Leishman-Donovan disease rarely affects Europeans. No doubt, other cases have occurred in Bombay as well as elsewhere amongst that class prior to the recognition of the condition as a distinct pathological entity. For instance it is often mistaken for a typical or prolonged enteric fever (paratyphoid...

Lieut.-Genl. Sir William Leishman

K.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.B., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., IX.D., K.H.P., Dircctor-Gencral, Army Medical Scrvicc. The scientific world, the medical profession and the Royal Army Medical Corps sustained a great loss when on June 2nd, of this year Sir William Leishman died after a short illness. William Boog Leishman was born on November 6th, 1865; he was the son of Dr. William Leishman a professor of midwifery a...