An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

WRIGHT, James Homer

2 entries
  • 5297

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

J. med. Res.,10, 472-82, 1903.

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



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › India, DERMATOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Sandfly-Borne Diseases › Leishmaniasis, TROPICAL Medicine
  • 897

The origin and nature of the blood plates.

Boston med. surg. J., 154, 643-45, 1906.

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



Subjects: HEMATOLOGY