Word: hematocrit
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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...says Dr. Wintrobe, "depends on an ounce of knowledge, an equal amount of understanding, and a pound of thoroughness." This thoroughness begins with determining the degree of anemia. Ordinary red blood-cell counts, Dr. Wintrobe insists, have a wide margin of error, and the only accurate test is the hematocrit method (his own invention), now being adopted by more and more hospitals...