William C. Boyd Papers 1944-1983 (bulk 1944-1950)

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William C. Boyd Papers 1944-1983 (bulk 1944-1950)

http://oculus.nlm.nih.gov/boyd397

Contains two articles about Dr. Boyd's work and life, a notebook with statistical tables and graphs, and a notebook containing summaries of various blood experiments made by Dr. Boyd's students from 1944 to 1950.

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History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

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Boyd, William C. (William Clouser), 1903-

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Dr. William C. Boyd received his Ph.D. in chemistry at Boston University in 1930. He spent his career at Boston University, first as a faculty member in the medical school and, after 1948 until his retirement in 1968, professor immunochemistry. In response to the need in World War II to find a quick and easy way to determine blood type from whole blood, Boyd discovered that chemicals, called 'lectins,' in some plants reacted differently to different blood types. His research ultimately disclosed...