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Maxwell Wintrobe | |
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| Born | 27 October 1901 Austria, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 9 December 1986 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Wintrobe hematocrit method, introduced in 1929 |
Maxwell Myer Wintrobe (October 27, 1901 – December 9, 1986) was an Austrian-born American physician who was a 20th-century authority in the medical field of hematology and one of the pioneers of chemotherapy. His 1942 textbook on hematology, Clinical Hematology, was the first dedicated work in the field and he contributed to the diagnostic approach of anemia and copper metabolism, amongst many other achievements.