ROGERS, Sir Leonard (1868 – 1962)
1868 – 1962
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1904 CE
#5299
Note on the occurrence of Leishman–Donovan bodies in “cachexial fevers” including kala-azar.
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.
1912 CE
#5190
The rapid cure of amoebic dysentery and hepatitis by hypodermic injections of soluble salts of emetine.
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 &nd…