SICKLEMIA IN THE MEXICAN RACE

Abstract

Sickle cell anemia and the sickling phenomenon are generally considered to be found only in Negroes or in persons having an admixture of Negro blood. A review of the literature, however, shows reports of several cases in which the possibility of Negro blood in the patient is remote. Archibald¹reported a case of sickle cell anemia in an Arab, and Stewart²reported one in a Cuban; in neither could the possibility of Negro blood be excluded. On the other hand, Castana³reported a case of sickle cells in an Italian child, and Cooley and Lee⁴reported a typical case in a Greek child, in whom the possibility of Negro blood was improbable. Rosenfeld and Pincus⁵described an instance of a child of Mediterranean parentage with sickle cell anemia, in whom the presence of Negro blood was not possible, as the family had lived in the