Childhood in Germany, San Francisco; M.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1945; interest in morphology and microscopy; extended association with San Francisco General Hospital; fellowship, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital; private practices; study of effects of chloramphenicol; polycythemia study group, beginning 1978; discussion of anemias; changes in patient care and res earch, 1940s to present; medical legal work; association with American College of Physicians, 1977; chairman, Hematology Section, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1981; time demands of, interchange among professional societies; Aggeler lectures; recollections of Dr. William B. Castle, Dr. Paul Aggeler and associates
Medical scientists; Physicians; Hematology; Chloramphenicol; Anemia; Medical laws and legislation; Wallerstein, Ralph O. (Ralph Oliver), 1922-2009; American Society of Hematology
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1990
Note (Biographical)
Physician, medical researcher
Note
Interviewed by Keith Wailoo on November 13 and 14, 1990