Favism

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Abstract
FAVISM as a cause of hemolytic anemia, though not uncommon in the Mediterranean basin, especially in Sardinia and Sicily, is rare in the United States. The first case to appear in the American literature was reported by McRae and Ullery1 in 1933. Since then individual cases have been reported by Hutton,2 Eads and Kash,3 Josephs4 and Wharton and Duesselmann.5 It is the purpose of this report to review briefly the clinical features and possible etiology and to describe a typical case, as well as to call attention to the fact that the fava bean (broad bean) in addition to being . . .
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