William Boog Leishman
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Sir William Boog Leishman
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| Born |
6 November 1865 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 2 June 1926 (aged 60) London, England |
| Buried at | Highgate Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1887–1926 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Director General Army Medical Services |
| Battles/wars |
North-West Frontier First World War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Bachelor Mentioned in Despatches (3) Legion of Honour (France) Army Distinguished Service Medal (United States) |
Lieutenant General Sir William Boog Leishman KCB, KCMG, FRS (/ˈliːʃmən/, 6 November 1865 – 2 June 1926) was a Scottish pathologist and British Army medical officer. He was Director-General of Army Medical Services from 1923 to 1926.
He was born in Glasgow and attended Westminster School and the University of Glasgow and entered the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served in India, where he did research on enteric fever and kala-azar. He returned to the United Kingdom and was stationed at the Victoria Hospital in Netley in 1897. In 1900 he was made Assistant Professor of Pathology in the Army Medical School, and described a method of staining blood for malaria and other parasites—a modification and simplification of the existing Romanowsky method using a compound of Methylene Blue and eosin, which became known as Leishman's stain.
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