James B. Herrick

James Herrick
Herrick in 1927
Born11 August 1861
Died7 March 1954 (aged 92)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Rush Medical College
Known forSickle-cell disease
Myocardial infarction
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine

James Bryan Herrick (11 August 1861 in Oak Park, Illinois – 7 March 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American physician and professor of medicine who practiced and taught in Chicago. He is credited with the description of sickle-cell disease and was one of the first physicians to describe the symptoms of myocardial infarction.