Chlorosis : the special anaemia of young women its causes, pathology, and treatment being a report to the Scientific Grants Committee of the British Medical Association / by E. Lloyd Jones.

  • Jones, E. Lloyd.
Date:
1897
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    these are in a typical case of chlorosis may be seen from the charts and from the facts already given. In examining a case of anaemia, I attach great importance to the following observations: 1. The percentage of haemoglobin. 2. The number of corpuscles per cubic millimetre, or the proportion of corpuscles to serum after centri- fugalixing. 3. Specific gravity. , 4. The colour of the lips, ears, and complexion. 5. The readiness with which the patient yields blood from a puncture on the finger. In ordinary chlorosis the percentage of haemoglobin, the proportion of corpuscles to serum, and the specific gravity of the blood are reduced usually to a great extent, and this reduction is so marked as to constitute an im- portant element in diagnosis. Chlorosis and Oligaemia. In all cases of simple chlorosis the lips and ears are pale, and as a rule the patient yields blood very readily from a puncture on the finger. This condition of blood hardly ever or never occurs in young men unless they suffer from some serious organic disease. Young men may suffer from pallor, but the blood of a pale young man and of a chlorotic girl, as a rule, differ greatly. In a young man who suffers from marked pallor, but is free from organic disease, we oftenest find (contrary to what we find in chlorosis) that the percentage of haemoglobin is actually increased. It is often greatly increased, and the proportion of corpuscles to plasma is increased, and though the complexion be pale, the lips and ears are red. Moreover, the patient does not yield blood readily from a puncture on the finger. This condition (deficiency of plasma) is the commoner fault in young men, while chlorosis is the commoner in young women; but deficiency