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The physician, the intern, and the patient: artifacts from the first documented description of sickle cell anemia, on view in the History of Medicine Division Reading Room

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
James B. Herrick Symposium : Sickle Cell Disease Care and Research (2010 : National Institutes of Health)
Publication:
[Bethesda, Md. : National Library of Medicine, 2010]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Herrick, James B. (James Bryan), 1861-1954.
Irons, Ernest E. (Ernest Edward), 1877-
Genre(s):
Posters
Exhibitions
Abstract:
Poster for exhibition held in conjunction with the trans-NIH James B. Herrick Symposium (November 16-17, 2010). Light brown poster with background of sickle cells taken from glass plate negatives used in Herrick's published description of the disease. Photographs of Herrick and his intern, Ernest E. Irons, are respectively at the top and bottom of the poster. Running across the bottom are the logos of the seven ICs which organized the event.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photomechanical print (poster) : 90 x 62 cm.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101557003 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
C06227
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101557003