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| birth_date = 18 January 1868
| birth_date = 18 January 1868
| birth_place = Hartley House, [[Helston]]
| birth_place = Hartley House, [[Helston]], [[Cornwall]], England
| death_date = 16 September 1962
| death_date = 16 September 1962
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==Biography==
==Biography==
Rogers had a wide range of interests in [[tropical medicine]], from the study of [[kala-azar]] [[epidemic]]s to [[sea snake]] [[Venom (poison)|venom]]s, but is best known for pioneering the treatment of [[cholera]] with [[Tonicity#Hypertonic solution|hypertonic]] [[saline (medicine)|saline]], which has saved a multitude of lives.
Rogers had a wide range of interests in [[tropical medicine]], from the study of [[kala-azar]] [[epidemic]]s to [[sea snake]] [[Venom (poison)|venom]]s, but is best known for pioneering the treatment of [[cholera]] with [[Tonicity#Hypertonic solution|hypertonic]] [[saline (medicine)|saline]], which has saved a multitude of lives. He also championed Indian [[chaulmoogra oil]] as a treatment for [[Hansen's disease]] (leprosy).


Rogers was one of the pioneers in setting up the [[Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine]] in [[India]]. In 1929, Rogers was awarded the [[Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh]].
Rogers was one of the pioneers in setting up the [[Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine]] (CSTM) in [[Calcutta]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite book|last=David Arnold|title=Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India|date=2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521563192|page=198|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bAxnPwOMd8C&q=calcutta+school+of+tropical+medicine&pg=PA198}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Uma Dasgupta|title=Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784–1947|date=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=9788131728185|page=591|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrx3wLz4itkC&q=calcutta+school+of+tropical+medicine&pg=PA591}}</ref> 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 Association#Indian Science Congress|Indian Science Congress]].
He was president of the 1919 session of the [[Indian Science Congress Association#Indian Science Congress|Indian Science Congress]].


==Works==
==Works==
Digitised versions from [[National Library of Scotland]].
{{incomplete list|date=May 2022}}
:[http://digital.nls.uk/75002614 Experimental investigation of the effects of haemostatic and other drugs on the intravascular coagulability of the blood] (1895).
:[http://digital.nls.uk/75003258 3 - On the influence of variations of the ground-water level on the prevalence of malarial fevers] (1895).
:[http://digital.nls.uk/75014243 Report of an investigation of the epidemic of malarial fever in Assam, or, kala-azar] (1897).
:[http://digital.nls.uk/74581332 Resolution on Dr Rogers' report on Kala azar] (1897).


Digitised version from [[HathiTrust|HathiTrust Digital Library]]:
* {{citation |last=Rogers |first=Leonard |display-authors=0 |title=Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Haemostatic and Other Drugs on the Intravascular Coagulability of the Blood |location= |publisher= |date=1895 |url=http://digital.nls.uk/75002614 }}.
:[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002085937 Fevers in the tropics] (1908)
* {{citation |last=Rogers |first=Leonard |display-authors=0 |title=On the Influence of Variations of the Ground-Water Level on the Prevalence of Malarial Fevers |location= |publisher= |date=1895 |url=http://digital.nls.uk/75003258 }}.
* {{citation |last=Rogers |first=Leonard |display-authors=0 |title=Report on the Epidemic of Malarial Fever in Assam |location= |publisher= |date=1897 |url=http://digital.nls.uk/75014243 }}.
* {{citation |last=Rogers |first=Leonard |display-authors=0 |title=Resolution on Dr Rogers' Report on Kala Azar |location= |publisher= |date=1897 |url=http://digital.nls.uk/74581332 }}.
* {{citation |last=Rogers |first=Leonard |display-authors=0 |title=Fevers in the Tropics |location= |publisher= |date=1908 |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002085937 }}.
* {{citation |last1=Muir |first1=Ernest |last2=Rogers |first2=Leonard |display-authors=0 |title=Leprosy |location=Bristol |publisher=J. Wright |date=1925 }}, with [[Ernest Muir (leprologist)|Ernest Muir]].


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Manson medal winners]]
[[Category:People from Helston]]
[[Category:People from Helston]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene]]


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For the British mathematician, see Leonard James Rogers.

Sir Leonard Rogers
Sir Leonard Rogers
Born18 January 1868
Hartley House, Helston, Cornwall, England
Died16 September 1962
Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Cornwall, England
NationalityEnglish
Known forFounding the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Spouse(s)Una Elsie North[1]
Children3 sons[1]
AwardsCompanion 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
FieldsTropical 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

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).

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.

Works

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  • 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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Rogers, Sir Leonard (1868–1962)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35814. Template:ODNBsub
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Rogers, Sir Leonard (1868–1962) - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online
  4. ↑ Munks Roll Details for Leonard (Sir) Rogers, Lives of the Fellows, Royal College of Physicians
  5. ↑ Sir Leonard Rogers, Happy Toil: Fifty-Five Years of Tropical Medicine (London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1950).
  6. ↑ David Arnold (2000). Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India. Cambridge University Press. p. 198. ISBN 9780521563192.
  7. ↑ Uma Dasgupta (2011). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784–1947. Pearson Education India. p. 591. ISBN 9788131728185.

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