Ditzel, Jørn2016-04-072016-04-0719591959b14669791https://hdl.handle.net/2144/15497Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityThe present investigation is directed to clarify the controversy in the literature regarding the nature and mechanism leading to intravascular aggregation of erythrocytes. Knisely and co-workers (1945, 1947, 1950, 1951) maintain that "sludged blood" is not a "rouleaux", but an irregular clumping of red cells by a specific precipitate which cements the blood cells together. [TRUNCATED]en-USBased on investigation of the BU Libraries' staff, this work is free of known copyright restrictions.Thesis/Dissertation