Rhesus Disease

plaque commemorating Professor Ronnie Finn

Gathering to celebrate "Rh" online
Wednesday 12th July 2006 saw a gathering at the Liverpool Medical Institution to formally celebrate the online launch of David R. Zimmerman's "Rh: The Intimate History of a Disease and Its Conquest." A factual
detective tale of the late Professor Ronnie Finn's ground-breaking research at Liverpool in the battle against Rhesus disease.
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Professor Ronald Finn

Professor Ronald Finn
Obituary - June 29, 2004
Physician whose immunology research helped to save the lives of thousands of newborn babies
The Times Obituary - June 29, 2004
Download scan of the obituary that appeared in the Lancet

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Download the complete copy of Rh: The Intimate History of a Disease and Its Conquest

There are a choice of two downloads. You only need to download one of them depending on your Operating System.

Download Zip File for any Windows OS (12.9 MB)
Download sitx File for Mac OS (16.7 MB)

Click on one of the links above to download the chapters. Once you have downloaded the file to your computer you will need to expand the compressed file so that you can read the individual chapters. In most cases you'll just need to double click on the file you have just downloaded. To view the chapters you will need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.

Flash animations - interactions of blood cells in the body

Flash animations explaining how Rhesus disease affects red blood cells. It is hope that through the use of this animation you will be able to get a visual image of how the anti-D antibodies and body cells react together. There are some eight short animations in total (approx run time 5 mins). Once an animation has finished you will see a control button to progress to the next movie - just click it!.

Professor R. Finn - Sloans research papers
The late Professor R. Finn - talking about Anti -D and Rhesus and the research he carried out.

Clark & Shepherd - baby and the butterfly
Clarke & Shepherd - two pioneers of Rhesus disease research and treatment.

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