William Bosworth Castle: pioneer of haematological clinical investigation.

Comparison of the Effects of Massive Blood Transfusions and of Liver Extract in Pernicious Anemia.

JOSEPH F. Ross, Editor

Sequential mechanisms in the enhanced absorption of vitamin B12 by intrinsic factor in the rat.

Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903-1967)

Gregory Goodwin Pincus [4], one of the original researchers responsible for the development of the first oral contraceptive pill [5], was born in Woodbine, New Jersey, on 19 April 1903 to Russian Jewish parents. In 1924 Pincus received his BS degree from Cornell University [6], and in 1927 he received his MS and PhD from Harvard University [7], having studied under William Ernest Castle [8] and...

Effects of dietary fish oil replacement by vegetable oil on the serum biochemical and haematological parameters of African catfish (Heterobranchus longifilis) fingerlings

The present study aimed to elucidate the impacts of dietary vegetable oil blends as alternative to fish oil on serum biochemical and haematological parameters in Heterobranchus longifilis fingerlings. Fish (4.65 ± 0.23g) were fed diets containing fish oil (FO), palm oil (PO), soybean oil (SO), blend of PO and SO (POSO) over a 12-week period. The experiment was carried out in 62-l circular tanks...

Prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time and other haematological parameters among non-diabetic hypertensive patients.

OBJECTIVES To screen non-diabetic hypertensive Nigerian patients with a view to determining their haematological and coagulation profiles. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Thirty (30) consecutive non-diabetic hypertensive patients, aged 20-60 years and 30 age and sex-matched, apparently healthy subjects, were investigated for some haematological and coagulation parameters, blood pressure, pulse, body wei...