Reminiscences of Oscar D. Ratnoff, 1989.

Biographical Note

Hematologist

Scope and Contents

Personal background; childhood in Brooklyn; college and medical school; early professional influences; military service; discovery of and research on Hageman factor; research in clotting; involvement with American Society of Hematology; recollections of colleagues and professional collaborations; hemophilia research; medical and ethical philosophy; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and azidothymidine (AZT) research

Subjects

• American Society of Hematology.
• Blood--Coagulation.
• Hematology.
• Hemophilia.
• Immunological deficiency syndromes.
• Interviews.
• Marget, Madeline, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Medical scientists--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Physicians--Interviews.
• Ratnoff, Oscar D. (Oscar Davis), 1916-2008--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1989