Leonard Rogers 3806701 209937238 2008-05-03T17:33:31Z 86.152.205.169 link to odnb article '''Sir Leonard Rogers''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (1868–1962) was a founder member of the [[Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene]], and its President from 1933 to 1935. 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#Hypertonicity|hypertonic]] [[saline]], which has saved a multitude of lives. Rogers was one of the pioneers in setting up the [[School of Tropical Medicine]] in [[Calcutta]], [[India]]. He was president of the 1919 session of the [[Indian Science Congress Association#Indian Science Congress|Indian Science Congress]]. ==Further reading== *[[ODNB]] article by George McRobert, ‘Rogers, Sir Leonard (1868–1962)’, rev. Helen J. Power, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35814, accessed 2 May 2008] {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Leonard}} [[Category:1868 births]] [[Category:1962 deaths]] [[Category:English doctors]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:OPMs]] {{UK-med-bio-stub}}