Rush Medical College Professor of Medicine, James B. Herrick, MD, Conducts Teaching Clinic, 1900
- Title Rush Medical College Professor of Medicine, James B. Herrick, MD, Conducts Teaching Clinic, 1900
- Creator Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, Ill.)
- Date 1900
- Description James B. Herrick, MD, (standing at the head of the patient's bed), conducts a teaching clinic in Cook County Hospital's amphitheater for Rush Medical College students and other visitors, 10 April 1900. In 1910, Rush Medical College faculty member and cardiologist, James B. Herrick, MD, (Rush, class of 1888) first described sickle cell anemia. Ernest E. Irons (Rush, class of 1903), the intern who first brought the abnormal cells to Herrick’s attention, later became dean of Rush Medical College, 1924-1936. From the Rush University Medical Center Archives, Subject Photographs Collection, #P3540. James B. Herrick, MD, published “Peculiar Elongated and Sickle-Shaped Red Blood Corpuscles in a Case of Severe Anemia” in 1910. Although sickle cell anemia is common among Africans and prevalent among Americans of African descent, this was the first time this disorder was described in Western medical literature.
- Subject Cook County Hospital (Chicago, Ill.); Herrick, James B. (James Bryan), 1861-1954; Medicine--Study and teaching; Nurse and patient; Physician and patient; Rush Medical College
- Format Photographs
- Place Illinois--Chicago
- Contributing-institution Rush University Medical Center Archives
- Rights Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., holds reproduction and licensing rights. For more information, please email: rush_archives@rush.edu
- Identifier P3540_Subject_Clinics-CookCountyHospital-Herrick,1900April 10-300dpi.jpg
- Type Still image
- Language eng
- Publisher [Chicago, Illinois] : Rush University Medical Center.
- Rights Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., holds reproduction and licensing rights. For more information, please email: rush_archives@rush.edu