1936 WHIPPLE, George Hoyt (1878 – 1976); BRADFORD, William Leslie (1898 – 1983)

Mediterranean disease – thalassemia (erythroblastic anemia of Cooley); associated pigment abnormalities simulating hemochromatosis.

Whipple and Bradford contributed a classic paper on the pathology of thalassemia, a name introduced by them.

GMN 3148.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3991