Normal human blood serum as a curative agent in hemophilia neonatorum : a preliminary report, with suggestions for its use in other conditions / by John Edgar Welch.

  • Welch, John Edgar.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Normal human blood serum as a curative agent in hemophilia neonatorum : a preliminary report, with suggestions for its use in other conditions / by John Edgar Welch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Case V.—First child; male; full term; normal labor. On the third day blood began oozing from the cord at its junction with the skin, from the foreskin, and there was copious bleeding from the nose. The stools were black, showing altered blood. A single injection of 10 c.c. of normal human serum -was given, and within six hours the bleeding ceased and the stools on the following day w^ere normal. There wasjno more bleeding from this baby (Fig. 5). Fio. 5.—Temperature and weight charts of Case V. Case VI.—First child; full term; female; normal labor. On the second day it began bleeding from the nose. On the third day it bled from nose and cord, and a large hematoma appeared on the back of the head and neck which extended from ear to ear. There were also subcutaneous bleedings on the right side of the thorax and slight jaundice appeared. On the fourth day there was bleeding from the nose and gums and blood was passed in the stools. The hemor-