A contribution to the history of leucemia (intestinal leucemia) / by Professor Béhier.

  • Béhier (Professor)
Date:
1868
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Credit: A contribution to the history of leucemia (intestinal leucemia) / by Professor Béhier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE HISTORY OF LEUCEMIA (INTESTINAL LEUCEMIA) The researches of Professors Bennett and Virchow, and the ulterior investigations of several other observers, have established beyond a doubt the existence of two distinct varieties of Leucemia or Leucocythemia. The first of these is generally known under the name of splenic Leucemia. Its leading characteristics (apart from the low cachectic state of the patient) are, a considerable hypertrophy of the spleen, which is often found to be twice or three times larger than in the healthy state (or even more); and the presence, in the blood, of an increased number of white globules. Instead of standing in the pro- portion of owe to 360 red globules, they multiply to such a degree, that sometimes the blood, when examined under the microscope, appears to contain an equal number of both white and red corpuscles. In this form of Leucemia, the white globules are large and fully developed, as well as more numerous than in the normal state; and their dimensions are much greater than