"Ashby accurately measured the life span of s to be up to 110 days, contradicting the perceived convention of an erythrocytic life span of only 14-21 days. She was best known for developing the Ashby technique for determining red blood cell survival, but also contributed to the diagnosis of and studied in the brain. Ashby was also an amateur pianist and composer with numerous compositions published between 1955-1968."
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Winifred Ashby
(October 13, 1879 – July 19, 1975) was an English-born, American , , and medical researcher, known for the , which was used extensively during World War II but is now obsolete. She was elected in 1933 a Fellow of the .
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