Thank You Letter from esteemed Hematologist Dr. Philip Levine
1965. No Binding. For sale is a thank you letter from esteemed Hematologist Dr. Philip Levine to Dr. Elias Cohen of the Roswell Park Memorial Institute, now the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. The letter is dated September 23rd, 1965 and is in response to Dr. Cohen telegram of "congratulations and good wishes". It is signed in blue ink by Dr. Levine on the bottom right corner. The letter is in fine condition. It is clean and bright with crisp edges. Dr. Philip Levine was a Hematologist and was the first to identify the RH hemolytic disease in 1939. This led to the creation of Dr. Alexander Wiener's procedure called an Exchange Transfusion in 1946. At the time, the procedure was able to save over 200,000 lives. An intramuscular injection of anti-RHD immunoglobulin was created in 1964 and is still in use today, saving the lives of over 20,000 babies each year in the USA alone. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(H6-26). Fine. Item #002321
Price: $100.00