Calculator for Red Cell Volume and Wintrobe Sedimentation Rate, No.A-2452
name: label: maker
content: Clay Adams
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content: The Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a simple non-specific screening test that indirectly measures inflammation in the body. Maxwell M. Wintrobe (1901-1986) was a physician from Canada who specialized in blood disorders, and who spent much of his career at the University of Utah Medical School.
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content: Ref. M. M. Wintrobe and J. W. Landsberg, “A standardized technique for the blood sedimentation test,” American Journal of Medical Science 189 (1936): 102.
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content: “M. M. Wintrobe, 85, Expert on Blood,” New York Times (Dec. 22, 1986), p. D12.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Gift of Dr. Steven Radoff
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 1993.0014.02
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content: 1993.0014.02
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content: 1993.0014
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content: calculator, red cell volume and sedimentation rate
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 12.4 cm x 12.8 cm; 4 7/8 in x 5 1/16 in