Reminiscences of James L.Tullis, 1985

Biographical Note

Hematologist

Scope and Contents

Primary education and interest in biochemistry at Rollins College; medical school at Duke University; World War II experiences as physician in Europe and North Africa; interaction of government and private research efforts; work for Dr. Edwin Cohn leading to long-term storage of red blood cells; research on platelets and clotting; rewards of inter-disciplinary communication; the development of hematology as a discipline since 1945, including the origins of journal BLOOD and the International Society of Hematology; the international hematology movement; the rise of oncology; numerous recollections of members of hematology community, including Baird Hastings, Shields Warren, William Damesheck, and especially Edwin Cohn

Subjects

• Blood--Analysis.
• Blood platelets.
• Duke University. School of Medicine.
• Hemagglutinin.
• Hematology.
• Hoffman, Eric A., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Medical research personnel--Interviews.
• Oncology.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Physicians--Interviews.
• Tullis, James L. (James Lyman), 1914-1996--Interviews.
• World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986