Hal Downey

'''Hal Downey''' (October 4, 1877 in State College, Pennsylvania<ref name=Marquis>[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/617/mode/2up DOWNEY, Hal], in ''Who's Who in America'' (14th edition, 1926); p. 617</ref>–1959)<ref name="pmid3302084">{{cite journal |author=Vercellotti GM |title=Hal Downey, Ph.D. (1877-1959): "Renaissance hematologist" |journal=J. Lab. Clin. Med. |volume=110 |issue=3 |pages=373–4 |date=September 1987 |pmid=3302084 }}</ref> was an American hematologist.<ref name="isbn1-85070-333-7">{{cite book |author1=Whitworth, Judith A. |author-link=Judith Whitworth |author2=Firkin, Barry G. |title=Dictionary of medical eponyms |publisher=Parthenon Pub |location=New York |year=1996 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmedi0000firk/page/98 98] |isbn=1-85070-333-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmedi0000firk/page/98 }}</ref>

In 1923, he contributed to the characterization of reactive lymphocytes, which are sometimes called "Downey cells".<ref name="urlCLS_3223_Unit 03_WBC">{{cite web |url=http://www.clt.astate.edu/wwilliam/unit_03.htm |title=CLS_3223_Unit 03_WBC |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130012318/http://www.clt.astate.edu/wwilliam/unit_03.htm |archive-date=2009-01-30}}</ref>

==See also== * Allan Watt Downie

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