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Alexander Solomon Wiener (March 16, 1907 – November 6, 1976), was an American biologist and physician, specializing in the fields of forensic medicine, serology, and immunogenetics.
Wiener, Alexander S. AMERICAN PHYSICIAN. In 1940 Alexander Wiener and Karl Landsteiner discovered the Rhesus, or Rh, factor in blood group typing, during the course of a series of scientific experiments.
Oct 1, 2008 · Dr Wiener had a keen interest in forensic science. He would determine if tissue or a blood stain was of human origin or not and, if so, whether it was from the victim. If blood from the stain agglutinated red blood cells (RBCs) from the victim, the blood stain was not from the victim.
- Marion E. Reid
- 2008
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Jan 3, 2011 · The article quoted Dr. Alexander S. Wiener, who in 1940, along with his colleague Karl Landsteiner, first described the Rh factor in humans. “Dr. Wiener believes that some method may be...
He used his knowledge of blood groups in forensics, parentage studies, testing and monitoring mothers, and treating their babies for erythroblastosis fetalis (now known as hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn). Dr Wiener's method for exchange transfusion was highly efficient.
- Marion E. Reid
- 2008
ALEXANDER S. WIENER* THE Rh or rhesus blood factor has supplied the key to two medical mysteries, namely, the cause of hemolytic transfusion reactions in patients receiving blood of their own A-B-0 group, and the cause of an obscure blood disease of newborn infants known as erythroblastosis fetalis. In view of the importance of the Rh blood
Oct 1, 2008 · To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Solomon Wiener, a lecture was presented before the 2007 Wiener Award winner's talk at the New York Blood Center. This article is based on that talk.
