TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe erythrocyte sedimentation test
AU  - Wiener AS
Y1  - 1939/12/02
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1939.02800480064024
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 2079
EP  - 2079
VL  - 113
IS  - 23
N2  - To the Editor:— 
    In a recent issue of The Journal (September 2, p. 942) appeared an editorial on the technic of the erythrocyte sedimentation test. In this editorial an article by Hambleton and Christianson (Am. J. M. Sc.198:177 [Aug.] 1939) was cited in which the authors concluded that the "most commonly used sedimentation technic, without involving complicated corrective procedures, is the most valuable for clinical purposes." The editorial closes with the remark that "this furnishes welcome news to the vast majority of those using the blood sedimentation test in their office and hospital work."Of course, any report which purports to simplify the technic of a laboratory procedure to such an extent that the general practitioner can carry out the test in his office is welcome news to him and also to the technicians who must do the test. Unfortunately, in most cases the so-called simplification entails the
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1939.02800480064024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800480064024
ER  -