SOME LESSONS FROM THE RED BLOOD CELL
Authors: L E YOUNG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 November 1960SOME LESSONS FROM THE RED BLOOD CELLLAWRENCE E. YOUNG, M.D., F.A.C.P.LAWRENCE E. YOUNG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-5-924 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAs a teacher of medicine, I find it necessary every day to stimulate interest in the whole patient on the one hand, and in cellular structure and physiology on the other. One of the reasons the study of medicine becomes more fascinating each year is that we can now begin to sketch, albeit crudely, some probable courses of events by which abnormalities within certain cells may lead to manifestations of disease in many parts of the body. Recent studies on the red cell may be regarded as prototypes, as examples of what we may expect in the future from application...Bibliography1. 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Y.*Received for publication April 29, 1960.Presented as a Morning Lecture at the Forty-first Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, San Francisco, California, April 8, 1960.From the Department of Medicine, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and the Medical Service of the Strong Memorial Hospital.†Preparation of this paper was aided by grants from the Department of the Army, Office of the Surgeon General, and from the U. S. Public Health Service.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Lawrence E. Young, M.D., Department of Medicine, The University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester 20, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 November 1960Volume 53, Issue 5Page: 924-935KeywordsAntigensCellsForecastingHemoglobinHospital medicineMedical servicesMethemoglobinemiaPathogenesisSurgeonsThalassemia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...