Hematology

William S. Beck has taught the hematology courses at Harvard for many years. He is Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, Director of the Hematology Research Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor at the Harvard-NUT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and Tutor in Biochemical Sciences at Harvard College.

Hematopoiesis, William S. Beck; erythropoiesis and introduction to the anemias, William S. Beck; reticuloendothelial (mononuclear phagocyte) system, lymphatic system and spleen, William S. Beck; normocytic anemias, William S. Beck; megaloblastic anemias - cobalamin deficiency, folic acid deficiency, William S. Beck; hypochromic anemias - iron deficiency and excess, William S. Beck; hypochromic anemias - heme metabolism and the porphyrias, Stephen H. Robinson; hemoglobin - structure and function, sickle cell anemia and other hemoglobinopathies, H. Franklin Bunn; the thalassemias, David G. Nathan; hemolytic anemias - introduction, immunohemolytic anemias, W. Hallowell Churchill, Jr, and James H. Jandl; hemolytic anemias - membrane disorders, metabolic disorders, Williams S. Beck and Robert I. Tepper; blood groups - chemistry and physiology, transfusion therapy, W. Hallowell Churchill, Jr; leukocytes - physiology, William S. Beck; leukocytes - phagocytosis and its disorders, Thomas P. Stossel; introduction to the disorders of leukocytes, William S. Beck; malignant disease - some general principles, Stuart E. Lind; the leukemias, David C. Harmon; the malignant lymphomas - clinical aspects, David S. Rosenthal; the malignant lymphomas - pathology, Nancy L. Harris; plasma cell disorders and the dysproteinemias, W. Hallowell Churchill, Jr; the polycythemias, William B. Castle; hemorrhagic disorders - protein interactions in the clotting mechanism, Robert D. Rosenberg; hemorrhagic disorders - platelets, David J. Kuter; hemorragic disorders - disorders of hemostasis, David J. Kuter and Robert D. Rosenberg. Appendix: laboratory methods in hematology, Alice Weaver Flaherty.