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Lemuel Whitley Diggs (January 8, 1900 – January 8, 1995) was an American pathology who specialized in sickle cell anemia and hematology.
In 1938 he helped create in Memphis the first blood bank in the South, only the fourth in the US. He helped Danny Thomas create the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, also in Memphis, in 1962.
In 1971 his work led to the creation of the first comprehensive research center for sickle cell disease at the University, which later endowed a Professor of Medicine position named after him.
His Morphology of Human Blood Cells, which he co-authored with Ann Bell and medical illustrator Dorothy Sturm, is on its 7th edition and is still used as a textbook.1956 Book Review: The Morphology of Human Blood Cells, Annals of Internal Medicine 45: 968-968 Amazon.com: Morphology of Human Blood Cells: 7th Edition.
A 1984 interview with Diggs entitled, History of Medicine in Memphis has been published.Mabry, Thelma Tracy History of Medicine in Memphis: Interview with Dr. Lemuel Whitle Diggs, November 15, 1984.. Oral History Research Office, Memphis State University Diggs died in January 1995, on his 95th birthday.
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