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Dr. Alexander S. Wiener Signature - Rh Factor

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Dr. Alexander S. Wiener Signature - Rh Factor
<B>Dr. Alexander S. Wiener Signature</B></I> with the autograph message, <I>Rh proves that it sometimes pays to monkey around</B></I>, on card, 5.5 x 2, mounted on stiff card stock with a brief biographical sketch. Dr. Wiener (1907-1976), a lifelong resident of New York City, was recognized internationally for his contributions to science. He was an outstanding leader in the fields of Forensic Medicine, Serology, and Immunogenetics. His pioneer work led to discovery of the Rh factor in 1937, along with Dr. Karl Landsteiner, and subsequently to the development of exchange transfusion methods that saved the lives of countless infants with hemolytic disease of the newborn. At first, Dr. Wiener and Dr. Landsteiner did not understand the full significance of their discovery. They were engaged in identifying a range of factors, such as the M factor, which proved to have much less significance. Dr. Wiener named the Rh factor after the Rhesus monkeys used as test subjects. However, by the time he and Dr. Landsteiner published in 1940, Dr. Wiener was able to demonstrate the role of Rh sensitization as a cause of intragroup hemolytic reactions, thus increasing the safety of blood transfusions. Very fine. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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