William C. Boyd Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C 397

Abstract

Contains two articles about Dr. Boyd's work and life, a notebook with statistical tables and graphs, and a notebook containing summaries of various blood experiments made by Dr. Boyd's students from 1944 to 1950.

Dates

Creation: 1944-1983 (bulk 1944-1950)

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Boyd, William C. (William Clouser), 1903-1983 (Person)

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

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Biographical Note

Dr. William C. Boyd received his Ph.D. in chemistry at Boston University in 1930. He spent his career at Boston University, first as a faculty member in the medical school and, after 1948 until his retirement in 1968, professor immunochemistry. In response to the need in World War II to find a quick and easy way to determine blood type from whole blood, Boyd discovered that chemicals, called 'lectins,' in some plants reacted differently to different blood types. His research ultimately disclosed thousands of plants which possessed these chemicals.

Collection Summary

Contains Dr. Boyd's obituary and biographical sketch, a notebook with statistical tables and graphs largely cut and pasted from published works, and a notebook containing experiment data from various blood experiments made by Dr. Boyd's students from 1944 to 1950.