Childhood in New York; family life and background; early education; influences at Harvard; early interest in medicine and pediatrics; studies at Harvard Medical School in 1920's; recollections of Kenneth D. Blackfan; residency at Children's Hospital, Boston; relation between biochemistry and nutrition, especially in infants; development of hematology as unique discipline; recollections of Edwin J. Cohn and research on blood fractions; experiences during World War II; technological and research advances in hematology through years; blood banking experiences with American Red Cross; discovery of Rh factor; support of medical research by private industry, and problems getting federal funding; observations on clinical and research training in medicine; crossovers and divisions among hematology and other disciplines; awards and honors
Medical research personnel; Physicians; Pediatrics; Medicine, Biochemic; Hematology; Blood--Analysis; Medicine--Research; Diamond, Louis K. (Louis Klein), 1902-1999; Harvard Medical School; Children's Hospital (Boston, Mass.); American Red Cross
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1986
Note (Biographical)
Hematologist
Note
Interviewed by Eric Hoffman on November 17 and 18, 1986