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William J. Harrington. By K enny L arsen. He was born on Sept. 21, 1923 and he died in 1992. He was 67 years old when he died. His field of study was hematology. He discovered a rare blood disease called ITP or Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura .
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William J. Harrington By Kenny Larsen
He was born on Sept. 21, 1923 and he died in 1992 He was 67 years old when he died
His field of study was hematology He discovered a rare blood disease called ITP or Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
He thought to inject himself with a pint of someone with itp’s blood .
Doing this he had a outbreak of little red or purple dots called purpura
Interesting facts I have the disease he discovered ( ITP ) ITP is such a unknown disease today that its Not possible to have a regular care regimen There are no doctors in Brevard county that specialize in hematology peditricly
Bibliography http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/06/us/william-j-harrington-68-doctor-and-specialist-in-blood-diseases.html http://www.google.com/imgres?q=William+j+harrington&safe=active&sa=X&biw=1365&bih=761&tbm=isch&tbnid=og3tXqH9j8tgZM:&imgrefurl=http://imi.med.miami.edu/education-and-training/the-william-j.-harrington-programs&docid=H5w0eOAlPCz27M&imgurl=http://imi.med.miami.edu/images/Harrington_Web_Image.jpg&w=570&h=710&ei=nWRhUt7pKou69gTT64DgAw&zoom=1&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=144&tbnw=117&start=0&ndsp=35&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:81&tx=57&ty=92