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WRIGHT, James Homer (1871 – 1928)

1871 – 1928

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

1903 CE

#5297

Protozoa in a case of tropical ulcer (Delhi sore).

Wright found Leishmania tropica in Delhi sore. He was unaware of Borovskii’s paper (No. 5294).

1906 CE

#897

The origin and nature of the blood plates.

Discovery of the role of the megakaryocytes in the formation of the blood platelets.