Leonard Rogers
Sir Leonard Rogers | |
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 Sir Leonard Rogers | |
| Born | 18 January 1868 |
| Died | 16 September 1962 Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Founding the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| Spouse | Una Elsie North[1] |
| Children | 3 sons[1] |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (1914)[1] Fellow of the Royal Society[2] Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1929) Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (1932)[1] Manson Medal (1938) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Tropical medicine |
Sir Leonard Rogers KCSI CIE FRS FRCP FRCS[3][4] (18 January 1868 – 16 September 1962) was a founder member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and its President from 1933 to 1935.[1][5]
Biography
[edit]Rogers studied at Plymouth College and worked at St Mary’s Hospital. He qualified M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (1891) F.R.C.S. (1892) in London.[2]
Rogers had a wide range of interests in tropical medicine, from the study of kala-azar epidemics to sea snake venoms, but is best known for pioneering the treatment of cholera with hypertonic saline, which has saved a multitude of lives. He also championed Indian chaulmoogra oil as a treatment for Hansen's disease (leprosy).[2]
Rogers was one of the pioneers in setting up the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM) in Calcutta, India.[6][7] In 1929, Rogers was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh.
He was president of the 1919 session of the Indian Science Congress.[2]
Vivisection
[edit]Rogers defended vivisection and criticized the arguments of the anti-vivisection movement. He authored a book, The Truth about Vivisection in 1937.[8]
He was honorary treasurer of the Research Defence Society. Rogers played a leading part in obtaining a ruling from the High Court sustained by the Appeal Court and House of Lords that anti-vivisection organizations can not be regarded as charities.[2]
Selected publications
[edit]- Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Haemostatic and Other Drugs on the Intravascular Coagulability of the Blood, 1895.
- On the Influence of Variations of the Ground-Water Level on the Prevalence of Malarial Fevers, 1895.
- Report on the Epidemic of Malarial Fever in Assam, 1897.
- Resolution on Dr Rogers' Report on Kala Azar, 1897.
- Fevers in the Tropics, 1908.
- Leprosy, Bristol: J. Wright, 1925, with Ernest Muir.
References
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- ^ a b c d e "Rogers, Sir Leonard (1868–1962)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35814. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c d e Boyd, J. S. K. (1963). "Leonard Rogers 1868-1962". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 9: 261–285. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1963.0014.
- ^ Rogers, Sir Leonard (1868–1962) - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online
- ^ Munks Roll Details for Leonard (Sir) Rogers, Lives of the Fellows, Royal College of Physicians
- ^ Sir Leonard Rogers, Happy Toil: Fifty-Five Years of Tropical Medicine (London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1950).
- ^ David Arnold (2000). Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India. Cambridge University Press. p. 198. ISBN 9780521563192.
- ^ Uma Dasgupta (2011). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784–1947. Pearson Education India. p. 591. ISBN 9788131728185.
- ^ "The Truth about Vivisection". Nature. 141: 578. 1938.
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