TY - JOUR
T1 - Herrick’s 1910 Case Report of Sickle Cell Anemia
T2 - The Rest of the Story
AU - Savitt, Todd L.
AU - Goldberg, Morton F.
PY - 1989/1/13
Y1 - 1989/1/13
N2 - James B. Herrick’s 1910 article presenting the case of an anemic West Indian student with peculiar-shaped red blood cells was the first description of sickle cell anemia in Western medical literature. However, he told only part of the story. Records in Chicago, Washington, DC, and Grenada, West Indies, reveal more information about the events surrounding Herrick’s discovery and help put them in historical perspective. Herrick’s intern, Ernest E. Irons, abreast of the latest developments in medicine, actually performed the blood work and alerted Herrick about the odd-looking cells. Changing patterns in American race relations allowed the patient, Walter Clement Noel, to study dentistry in Chicago. He continued to receive care from Irons for 2 1/2 years, then returned to Grenada to practice dentistry. Noel died nine years after his return to Grenada, at age 32.
AB - James B. Herrick’s 1910 article presenting the case of an anemic West Indian student with peculiar-shaped red blood cells was the first description of sickle cell anemia in Western medical literature. However, he told only part of the story. Records in Chicago, Washington, DC, and Grenada, West Indies, reveal more information about the events surrounding Herrick’s discovery and help put them in historical perspective. Herrick’s intern, Ernest E. Irons, abreast of the latest developments in medicine, actually performed the blood work and alerted Herrick about the odd-looking cells. Changing patterns in American race relations allowed the patient, Walter Clement Noel, to study dentistry in Chicago. He continued to receive care from Irons for 2 1/2 years, then returned to Grenada to practice dentistry. Noel died nine years after his return to Grenada, at age 32.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1989.03420020120042
DO - 10.1001/jama.1989.03420020120042
M3 - Article
C2 - 2642320
AN - SCOPUS:0024561402
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 261
SP - 266
EP - 271
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 2
ER -