"Evidence is presented to show that there is no toxin producing the in . Partial evidence is presented to show that the periods of active blood destruction which are seen as the exception in pernicious anemia cases during a series of transfusions are due to the activity of the blood-destroying organs of the body rather than to the intrinsic weakness of the pernicious anemia blood corpuscle. It is questionable whether blood destruction is as important a factor in producing the anemia of pernicious anemia as it is at present usually assumed to be."
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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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