Clinical diagnosis : a practical handbook of chemical and microscopical methods / [W.G. Aitchison Robertson].

  • Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison)
Date:
1896
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Credit: Clinical diagnosis : a practical handbook of chemical and microscopical methods / [W.G. Aitchison Robertson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4. Serous watery—Copious thin fluid. Frothy. Contains much albumin. Occurs—CEdema of lungs. 5. Sanguineous—May be in streaks only, or Almost pure blood. Rusty colour (pneumonia). Blood may come from Mouth or teeth. Throat—ulceration. Larynx — Tubercular, specific or ma- lignant disease. Lungs — Tubercle, congestion, new growths, infarction, aneurism, vicarious menstruation (?), mitral disease of heart, purpura, arthritis of old age. 6. Carbon particles present. Occurs—Town dwellers. Anthracosis. NAKED EYE CHARACTERS. 1. Pin-head-like Bodies Yellowish grey in colour^ Tubercular Opaque I nodules Flattened or biconvex J Pick out several by means of sterilised needles. Examine microscopically for Elastic fibres (p. 9). Tubercle bacilli (p. 17). Occur in the sputa of phthisis.