Reminiscences of Louis K. Diamond, 1986.

Biographical Note

Hematologist

Scope and Contents

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

Subjects

• American Red Cross.
• Blood--Analysis.
• Children's Hospital (Boston, Mass.)
• Diamond, Louis K. (Louis Klein), 1902-1999--Interviews.
• Harvard Medical School.
• Hematology.
• Hoffman, Eric, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Medical research personnel--Interviews.
• Medicine, Biochemic.
• Medicine--Research.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Pediatrics.
• Physicians--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990