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hematology
Branch of medicine concerned with the nature, function, and diseases of the blood. It covers the cellular and serum composition of blood, the coagulation process, blood-cell formation, hemoglobin synthesis, and disorders of all these. M. Malpighi, in the 17th cent., was the first to examine red blood cells (erythrocytes). In the 18th cent., the British physiologist William Hewson (1739-1774) examined the lymphatic system and blood clotting. In the 19th cent., the bone marrow was recognized as the site of blood-cell formation and diseases of the blood such as anemia and leukemia were identified. In the early 20th cent., the ABO blood-group system was discovered and the role of nutrition in blood formation was studied. Post-World War II studies have delved further into the nature of blood diseases and improved treatments, and have examined hemoglobin synthesis and the role of platelets in blood coagulation.
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