CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS ON BLOOD IRON
Authors: Burnham S. Walker, Reginald Fitz
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 August 1940CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS ON BLOOD IRONBURNHAM S. WALKER, M.D., REGINALD FITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.BURNHAM S. WALKER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, REGINALD FITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-2-263 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThree years ago at the Robert Dawson Evans Memorial, one of us (B. S. W.) adapted for determination of iron in whole blood the Wong1 method using the photoelectric colorimeter of Evelyn.2 Since then we have used this method almost as a routine in studying cases admitted to the hospital.The following procedure is used: into a 100 c.c. volumetric flask the following are successively pipetted:1 c.c. blood4 c.c. concentrated sulfuric acid4 c.c. saturated aqueous solution of potassium persulfate.The mixture is shaken and allowed to cool. Distilled water is added until the flask is approximately half...Bibliography1. WONG SY: Colorimetric determination of iron and hemoglobin in blood, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1928, lxxvii, 409-412. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. EVELYN KA: A stabilized photoelectric colorimeter with light filters, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1936, cxv, 63-75. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SACHSLEVINEFABIAN AVEAA: Copper and iron in human blood, Arch. Int. Med., 1935, lv, 227-253. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WALKER BS: The iron of human blood serum, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1938, xxiv, 308-315. Google Scholar5. MOOREDOANARROWSMITH CVCAWR: The mechanism of iron transportation: its significance in iron utilization in anemic states of varied etiology, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1937, xvi, 627-648. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. BARKANSCHALES GO: Chemischer Aufbau und physiologische Bedeutung des "leicht abspaltbaren" Bluteisens, Ztschr. f. physiol. Chem., 1937, ccxlviii, 96-116. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BARKAN G: Über das leicht abspaltbare Bluteisen und sein Verhältnis zum Hämoglobin, Ibid., 1927, clxxi, 179-193. Google Scholar8. KLUMPP TG: The variability of non-hemoglobin iron, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1935, xiv, 351-355. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BARKAN G: Die optische Bestimmung des Blutfarbstoffs als Oxyhämoglobin, Hämoglobin und Hämatin und die Zuverlässigkeit der Ergebnisse, Biochem. Ztschr., 1937, ccxciv, 239-248. Google Scholar10. HOSKINSSLEEPER RGFH: The effects of ingested thyroid substance on the blood morphology of man, Endokrinologie, 1929, v, 89-103. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Read at the Cleveland meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 4, 1940.From the Robert Dawson Evans Memorial for Clinical Research and Preventive Medicine, the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1940Volume 14, Issue 2Page: 263-276KeywordsBloodHospital medicinePotassiumPreventive medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...