Maxwell Wintrobe
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Maxwell Wintrobe | |
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Born | Austria, Austria-Hungary | 27 October 1901
Died | 9 December 1986 | (aged 85)
Occupation | Physician |
Known for | Wintrobe hematocrit method, introduced in 1929 |
Maxwell Myer Wintrobe (October 27, 1901 – December 9, 1986) was an Austrian-born American physician who was a 20th-century authority in the medical field of hematology. His 1942 textbook on hematology, Clinical Hematology, was the first dedicated work in the field and he contributed to the diagnostic approach of anemia and copper metabolism, amongst many other achievements.
Biography
Wintrobe was born in Austria (Fred 2007), contrary to previous historical records. His family name reflects the Jewish origin of his parents, Herman and Ethel, who emigrated from Austria with their son Max in 1906. Canadian census records show that the family arrived in
in 1929; his thesis was titled "The Erythrocyte in Man".Initially working in Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served on the faculty, he was appointed as professor of internal medicine at the College of Medicine of the University of Utah in 1943; he also served as the first Chairman of the Department of Medicine and physician-in-chief for the Salt Lake County General Hospital.
In Salt Lake City he led research in hereditary and metabolic disorders (1945–1973) and cardiovascular research (1969–1973). He retired officially in 1965, but remained in function until 1973 (Valentine 1990). In that year he was elected to the
Works
In New Orleans, Wintrobe pioneered new ways of measuring the
Wintrobe was the principal editor of Clinical Hematology, which first appeared in 1942 and is in its eleventh edition (Greer et al. as of 2003[update]), still bearing his name. He was part of the team that pioneered the use of chemotherapy in cancer (Goodman et al. 1946). He was one of the editors of the first edition (1950) of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.
In 1980, he published Blood, pure and eloquent, and in 1985 he published Hematology, the Blossoming of a Science. Both works are historical overviews of his field.
References
- Fred, H. L. (2007). "Maxwell Myer Wintrobe: New history and a new appreciation". Texas Heart Institute Journal. 34 (3): 328–335. PMID 17948084.
- Goodman, L. S.; Wintrobe, M. M.; Dameshek, W.; Goodman, M. J.; Gilman, A.; McLennan, M. T. (1984). "Landmark article Sept. 21, 1946: Nitrogen mustard therapy. Use of methyl-bis(beta-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride and tris(beta-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride for Hodgkin's disease, lymphosarcoma, leukemia and certain allied and miscellaneous disorders. By Louis S. Goodman, Maxwell M. Wintrobe, William Dameshek, Morton J. Goodman, Alfred Gilman and Margaret T. McLennan". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 251 (17): 2255–2261. PMID 6368885.
- Greer JP, Foerster J, Lukens JN. Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology, 11th edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003. ISBN 0-7817-3650-1.
- Valentine WN. Maxwell Myer Wintrobe. In "Biographical Memoirs". National Academy of Sciences 1990;59:446-472. ISBN 0-309-04198-8. Fulltext.
- Wintrobe, M. M. (1990). "The size and hemoglobin content of the erythrocyte. Methods of determination and clinical application. 1932". The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 115 (3): 374–387. PMID 2179436.
- Wintrobe MM. Blood, pure and eloquent; a story of discovery, of people and ideas. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980. ISBN 0-07-071135-6.
- Wintrobe MM. Hematology, the Blossoming of a Science: A Story of Inspiration and Effort. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1985. ISBN 0-8121-0961-9.
External links
- Collection of papers at the University of Utah